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THE PRODUCT GUIDE 

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DIRECTORS' ANNUAL 

JACK ALICOATE, PUBLISHER 



1937 



Copyright, 1937, by THE FILM DAILY 
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Introduction 

FILM DAILY, the pioneer daily newspaper of 
the dynamic industry of the screen, is happy 
to present its 1937 PRODUCT GUIDE and DI- 
RECTORS ANNUAL, a mid-year supplement 
and little brother to the YEAR BOOK of MO- 
TION PICTURES, considered everywhere as 
the standard reference work of the industry. 
The pages that follow primarily concern them- 
selves with production, the fountain head of 
the industry. Its wealth of statistical informa- 
tion, its Who's Who in Production, its biogra- 
phical data and its comprehensive array of 
pertinent production facts are so arranged to 
meet the informative needs of the busy execu- 
tive in every branch of pictures. To those, from 
every spoke of the great picture wheel, whose 
help made the following pages possible, the 
editor extends sincere thanks and appreci- 
ation. 




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IN TWO YEARS 
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD 



JULY 1,1937 
11,013 THEATRES 



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FEB.1,1936 
5688 THEATRES 



FEB.1J935 
432 THEATRES 



THE MARCH OF TIME 

(^American Edition") 

THE MARCH OF TIME 

{British Edition) 



LA MARCHE DU TEMPS 

{French Edition) 

LA MARCHA DEL TIEMPO 

{Edition for Spanish-speaking countries) 

In two years exhibitors inter- 
nationally have found THE 
MARCH OF TIME a con- 
sistently profitable, entertain- 
ing regular feature of their 
theatres. Why? Because audi- 
ences like it, follow it reg- 
ularly. 



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ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE 

ARTS AND SCIENCES 

SPECIAL AWARD FOR 

"Its significancetomotion pictures 
and for having revolutionized one 
of the most important branches in 
the industry — the newsreel." 





Production 

It is not necessary here to argue the case 
for motion pictures. 

We cannot expect with words to tell ade- 
quately of the progress that has been made, 
and daily is being made, in this art. 

The pictures speak for themselves on the 
screens of the world. The public must be our 
judge. That is proper. 

Of the expressions of public approval we 
can be proud. They give us encouragement 
and spur our efforts. 

To those responsible for this advancement 
we all owe thanks and gratitude. 




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EDITORIAL INDEX 



A 

Advertising Producers 476 

Agents and Managers 478 

Agents' Telephones: 

Directors 408 

Players 372 

Writers 411 

Alicoate, Jack — Introduction 3 

Alliance Films Corp. — 1937-1938 Program. 63 
Adventure Serials, Inc. — 

1937-1938 Program 63 

Advance Pictures Corp. — 

1937-1938 Program 63 

American Tobis Corp. — 

1937-1938 Program 65 

Amkino Corp.— 1937-1938 Program 69 

Art Directors 489 

Artcinema Associates, Inc. — 

1937-1938 Program 73 

Associate Producers, 1936-1937 Work 265 

Associations — Personnel 437 

Aslor Pictures Corp. — 

1937-1938 Program 77 

Atlantic Pictures— 1937-1938 Program 77 

Authors—1936-1937 Work 285 

B 

Bahn, Chester B.— Product 25 

Biographies of Producers and Directors... 195 

Blake, B. K.— 1937-1938 Program 77 

Brokers: 

Insurance 485 

Play and Story 481 

Burr, C. C, Productions, Inc. — 

1937-1938 Program 80 

Buying Guide, Studio 490 

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Cameramen— 1936-1937 Work 302 

Cartoon Producers 476 

Casting Directors 489 

Chaplin, Charles— 1937-1938 Program 80 

Code of Ethics, Production 43 

Colony Pictures, Inc. — 1937-1938 Program. 80 

Color, by Arthur W. Eddy 27 

Color Processes 488 

Columbia Pictures — 1937-1938 Program... 81 

Composers, Music 310 

Condor Pictures— 1937-1938 Program 85 

Crescent Pictures Corp. — 

1937-1938 Program 85 

Crime Club Productions — 

1937-1938 Program 85 

Critics' Forum 17 

D 

Dance Directors 319 

Danubia Pictures, Inc. — 

1937-1938 Programs 85 



Directors: 

Agents' Telephone Numbers 408 

Biographies 195 

Feature Work, 1936-1937 275 

Short Subject Work 283 

Disney, Walt— 1937-1938 Program 87 

Distributors 477 

E 

Eastern Production, by Sid Weiss 37 

Eddy, Arthur W.— Color 27 

Editors, Film— 1936-1937 Work 306 

Educational Pictures — 1937-1938 Program. 87 

Exporters and Importers 486 

F 

Features Released January-June, 1937. . . 443 

Film Daily — Personnel 496 

Film Editors— 1936-1937 Work 306 

First National— 1937-1938 Program 153 

FitzPatrick Pictures — 

1937-1938 Program 87 

Fleischer Studios, Inc. — 

1937-1938 Program 89 

French Motion Picture Corp. — 

1937-1938 Program 89 

G 

GB Pictures— 1937-1938 Program 91 

General Pictures Corp. — 

1937-1938 Program 91 

Goldwyn, Samuel — 1937-1938 Program. . . 93 
Grand National Pictures, Inc. — 

1937-1938 Program 93 

Guaranteed Pictures Co. — 

1937-1938 Program 97 

H 

Harrison, Edv/ard — Television 29 

Hays, Will H.— Production 5 

Hoffberg, J. H., Co., Inc. — 

1937-1938 Program 97 

I 

Ideal Pictures Corp. — 

1937-1938 Program 99 

Imperial Pictures— 1937-1938 Program 99 

Importers and Exporters 486 

Industrial Producers 476 

Insurance Brokers 485 

Introduction, by Jack Alicoate 3 

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Jay Dee Kay Productions — 

1937-1938 Program 101 

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Kinotrade--1937-1938 Program 101 





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Laboratories 483 

Lantz, Walter, Productions — 

1937-1938 Program 103 

Lenauer International Films, Inc. — 

1937-1938 Program 103 

Libraries, Film and Music 487 

Lloyd, Harold, Corp.— 1937-1938 Program. 103 
Loew, David L., Productions — 

1937-1938 Program 103 

Lyricists 310 

M 

Major Pictures Corp.— 1937- 1938 Program. 105 

Managers and Agents 478 

March of Time, The — 

1937-1938 Program 105 

Mentone Productions — 1937-1938 Program. 105 
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer — 

1937-1938 Program 107 

Mitchell, L. H. — Technical 33 

Monogram Pictures — 1937-1938 Program.. 115 

Morris, George H. — Publicity 31 

Music Writers 310 

Mutual Motion Picture Distributors — 

1937-1938 Program 120 

N 

Newsreels 485 

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Olympic Pictures Corp. — 

1937-1938 Program 120 

P 

Paramount Pictures— 1937-1938 Program.. 120 
Personnel: 

Associations 437 

Film Daily 496 

Production Organizations 423 

Studios 423 

Photographers, Portrait and Still 484 

Pictorial Films— 1937-1938 Program 119 

Play and Story Brokers 481 

Players: 

Agents' Telephone Numbers 372 

1936-1937 Work 321 

Principal Productions, Inc. — ■ 

1937-1938 Prcgram 125 

Producers: 

Addresses, New York and Hollywood. 472 

Cartoon 476 

Industrial and Advertising 476 

Personnel 423 

Short Subject 475 

Producers (Individuals): 

Biographies 195 

1936-1937 Work 265 

Product, by Chester B. Bahn 25 

Product for 1937-1938 49 

Production, by Will H. Hays 5 

Production Code of Ethics 43 

Production Personalities, by Ralph Wilk. . 35 

Production Programs for 1937-1938 49 

Production Statistics 15 

Projection Rooms 487 

Publicity, by George H. Morris 31 



R 

RKO Radio Pictures— 1937-1938 Program. 127 

Raw Stock 487 

Releases, January-June, 1937 443 

Republic Pictures Corp. — 

1937-1938 Program 131 

Roach, Hal— 1937-1938 Program 133 

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Schlesinger, Leon — 1937-1938 Program... 135 
Scientific Films, Inc. — 

1937-1938 Program 135 

Screenplay Writers— 1936-1937 Work 293 

Selznick International Pictures, Inc. — 

1937-1938 Program 135 

Sherman, Harry, Productions — 

1937-1938 Program 137 

Short Subject Producers 475 

Sphinx Films Corp. — 1937-1938 Program.. 137 

Statistics, Production 15 

Steiner, William— 1937-1938 Program 137 

Storage Vaults 487 

Story and Play Brokers 481 

Studio Buying Guide 490 

Studios, Personnel 423 

Supervisors- 1936-1937 Work 265 

T 

Technical, by L. H. Mitchell 33 

Telephone Numbers: 

Los Angeles 38-39 

New York 40-41 

Television, by Edward Harrison 29 

Title Studios 487 

Trailers 483 

Twentieth Century-Fox — 

1937-1938 Program 139 

u 

Ufa Films, Inc.— 1937-1938 Program 143 

United Artists— 1937-1938 Program 143 

Universal Pictures — 1937-1938 Program... 147 

V 

Viennese Film Co.~1937-1938 Program.. 151 

Vitaphone— 1937-1938 Program 153 

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Wanger, Walter, Productions, Inc. — 

1937-1938 Program 151 

Warner Bros.— 1937-1938 Program 153 

Weiss, Sid — Eastern Production 37 

Who's Who in Hollywood 161 

Wilk, Ralph — Production Personalities... 35 

World Pictures Corp.— 1937-1938 Program. 159 
Writers: 

Agents' Telephone Numbers 411 

Authors Work, 1936-1937 285 

Screenplay Writers, 1936-1937 Work... 293 



Zeidman, B. F., Productions 

1937-1938 Program 159 




PAGE 153 PROVES IT! 



ADVERTISING INDEX 

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Advance Pictures, Inc 58 

Ahearn, Thomas 222 

American Tobis Corporation 36 

Arliss, Leslie 232 

Artcinema Associates, Inc 50 

Atlantic Pictures 46 

Audio Productions, Inc 224 



B 



Banks, Monty 158 

Barnes Printing Company 116 

Barsky, Bud 266 

Bennett, Charles 156 

Blake, B. K 60 

Blanke, Henry 264 

Bradford, James C 256 

Brecher, Irv S 280 

Bren, J. Robert 272 

Brice, Monte 230 

Bricker, George 290 

Brulatour, J. E., Inc Inside Front Covers 

Buckley, Harold 276 

Buffington, Adele B 268 

Burbridge, Betty 276 

Bus-Fekete, Ladislaus 270 



Cabanne, Christy 228 

Canatabria Films 122 

Ceder, Ralph 102 

Chanslor, Roy 244 

Chidnoff, Irving 118 & 119 

Christie, Al 84 

Cinelab, Inc 136 

City Photo Engraving Corporation 442 

Qine, Edward F 246 

Coca, Imogene 320 

Cofod, A. F., & Company, Inc 136 

Collins, Arthur G 280 

Collins, Lewis D 152 

Condor Pictures, Inc 32 

Connolly, Bobby 146 

Connolly, Walter 268 

Conselman, William 258 

Conway, Jack 142 

Cosmo-Sileo 486 



Debrie, Andre, Inc 26 

de Grandcourt, Charles 220 

De Luxe Laboratories, Inc 128 

Del Ruth, Roy 86 

Dictagraph Products Company, Inc 18 

Douglas, Gordon 276 

Dupont, E. A 214 

Du Pont Film M'f g Corp 2 



E 

Eastman Kodak Company Back Cover 

Educational Pictures Inside Back Covers 

EUiott, Qyde E 204 

F 

Felton, Earl 194 

Fessier, Michael 280 

Film Art Studios, Inc 134 

Filmlab, Inc 134 

FitzPatrick, Traveltalks 16 

Forest, Frank 320 

Forman, Eddie 260 

French, Lloyd A 1 60 

Friedgen, Raymond 106 

G 

Garnett, Toy 124 

Gay, Frank 152 

General Film Company 132 

General Service Studios, Inc 6 

Gordon, Max, Plays and Pictures, Inc. ... 56 

Goulding, Edmund 140 

Grand National Films, Inc 30 

Gray, Danny 122 

Guiol, Fred 1 50 

H 

Hancock, Don 254 

Hartmann, Edmund L 272 

Herald, Heinz 280 

Herczeg, Gaza 272 

Hirliman, George A 72 

Hoffberg, J. H., Company, Inc 132 

Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel 422 

Hollywood Plaza Hotel 422 

Horman, Arthur T 270 

Howard, Willie 148 

Hull Hotels 422 

Humberstone, H. Bruce 128 

Hunt, Charles J 146 

Hurley, Harold 144 

I 

Imperial Pictures, Inc 70 & 71 

International Cinema, Inc 482 

International Projector Corp 24 

J 

Jackson, Felix 276 

Jarrett, Art 278 

Jason, Leigh 274 

K 

Kalmar, Bert 242 

Kendor Corporation 54 

Kimble, Lav^rence 278 



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A SOLID FOUNDATION 
FOR YOUR BOX-OFFICE! 






SAMUEL GOLDWYN 

PRODDCTIONS 

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PKODUCTIONS 

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PRODUCTIONS 

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King, Henry 92 

King, Louis 274 

Kinotrade 42 

Klauber, Marcy 278 

L 

Laidlaw, Betty 144 

Landau, Leslie L 210 

Lantz, Walter, Productions 196 

Le Baron, William 248 

Lee, Robert N 272 

Lee, Rowland V 140 

Lenauer International Films, Inc 52 

Le Roy, Mervyn, Productions 88 

Levien, Sonya 260 

Levoy, Albert E 194 

Lewin, Albert 264 

Lewis, Albert 160 

Liberman, Morris 114 

Lipman, William R 138 

Liveley, Robert 144 

Lloyd's Film Storage Corporation 

Facing page 496 

Ludwig, Edward 264 

Lunceford, Jimmy 216 

Mc 

MacFadden, Hamilton 156 

McDonald, Frank 274 

McNutt, William Slovens 226 

M 

March of Time, The 4 

Mayor, Archie 100 

Mentone Productions, Inc 258 

Mercury Film Laboratories, Inc 62 

Mersereau, Jack 110 

Milne, Peter 158 

Monogram Pictures 34 

Morros, Boris 94 

Musical Shorts, Inc 130 

N 

National Screen Service Facing Page 1 

National Theater Supply Company 22 

Nigh, William 154 

Nu-Atlas Productions 258 

Nugent, Elliott 264 

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Ornitz, Samuel 278 

Oxley, Harold F 216 

P 

Paramount Pictures 8 

Pax Films, Inc 268 

Perlberg, William 154 

Pichel, Irving 202 

Pictorial Film Library 138 

Pictorial Films 138 

Preminger, Otto L 218 

Preview Theater, Inc 48 

Producers Service Studios, Inc 130 

Progress Films, Inc Facing Page 496 



R 

RKO Radio Pictures 66 & 67 

Rachmil, Lewis J 308 

Radio Daily 112 

Reeves, Theodore 270 

Republic Productions, Inc 28 

Riesner, Charles Francis 212 

Riley, Lawrence 272 

Rivkin, Allen 208 

Roach, Hal 76 

Roberts, Marguerite 290 

Rock Studios, Ltd 74 & 75 

Roder, Milan 270 

Ross, Charles, Inc 78 & 79 

Rowland, Roy 206 

Ruby, Harry 242 

Ruggles, Wesley 142 

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Sandrich, Mark 124 

Seville, Victor, Productions, Ltd 200 

Scott, Ewing 198 

Scotto, Aubrey 98 

Seawright, Roy 308 

Sedgwick, Josie, Ray West and 

Associates, Inc 150 

Seller, Lewis 240 

Setter, William A 124 

Selander, Lesley 104 

Shauer, Mel 266 

Sherman, Harry, Productions 68 

Shumate, Harold 266 

Siegel, Moe J 28 

Smith, Noel 274 

Sphinx Films Corporation 250 

Steindorff, Ulrich 268 

Steiner, William 64 

Stern Photo Company, Inc 252 

Stone, John 266 

Strayer, Frank 278 

Strong, Eugene 126 

Styne, Jule 238 

T 

Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation. . 20 

Tru Pictures Company, Inc 60 

Twentieth Century-Fox 14 

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Ulmer, Edgar G 236 

United Artists 12 

V 

Van der Veer, Willard 108 

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Warner Bros 10 

Watson, William 126 

Wayburn, Ned 444 

Wilbur, Crane 234 

Withers, Jane 82 

World Pictures Corp 44 

Y 

Young, Victor 96 

Young, Waldemar 148 



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PRODUCTION 
S TATISTICS 



• • • A FEW FIGURES CULLED FROM THE PROGRAM 

ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THE NEW SEASON 



Features scheduled to be released for 1937-1938 total 974. Of these 805 will 
be English language and 169 in foreign tongues. 



Short subjects scheduled for the new season total 909. Most of these, 732, 
are to be one-reelers. Two-reelers total 162 and other lengths 15. In addition 
16 serials are planned and there will be the usual twice weekly issues oi 
the five newsreels. 



More than 25 feature pictures are to be made in color during the new 
season, the largest number ever announced. 



Foreign pictures to be shown during 1937-1938 total 169 against 95 
scheduled for 1936-1937. 

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Productions budgeted at $1,000,000 or more, to be made for the new 
season, already total 37. 

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Westerns scheduled for 1937-1938 will make up about 15 per cent of 
total production. 



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TRAVEL HAS CHANGED 
AND SO HAVE TRAVEL 
PICTURES! 

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travelogue. There's only ONE De Luxe, 
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A SUMMATION OF THE VIEWS OF CRITICAL AMERICA, 
FROM THE FIFTH ANNUAL FORUM 



AN analytical and statistical digest of the fifth annual Critics' Forum, con- 
ducted by THE FILM DAILY. 

The consensus of critical opinion reflects the varied viewpoints of the 
reviewers, editors and columnists on representative American newspapers, both 
large and small, who to the number of 1,500 were invited to participate. 

I. INDUSTRY REQUIREMENTS 

What do you consider the most urgent need of the motion picture 
industry? 

BETTER writing and better story material are the most urgent industry needs according to 16 per 
cent of the critics. Another eight per cent believe original story material is the major re- 
quirement for better films. Thus, nearly a fourth of the film critics believe more attention 
of one sort or another should be given scripts. 

A plea for elimination of dual feature programs was next on the critics' "urgent needs" list, 
with seven per cent advocating the end of this practice. Better pictures were suggested in six 
per cent of the answers and another six per cent favored more "A" pictures and fewer "B" films. 
Among other suggestions most mentioned by the the critics were: Better short subjects; orig- 
inality and independence; three-dimensional films; more features with color; more comedies; 
relaxation of censorship; elimination of Bank Night and giveaways, honest publicity; less featuring 
of foreign players; better sound reproduction; fewer pictures; and players with acting ability 
instead of just "looks." 

II. RADIO COMPETITION 

Do you believe that radio appearances of motion picture players 
help or hurt? 

THAT radio appearances help is the opinion of 40 per cent of the critics. Eighteen per cent 
think that they hurt. Program material and radio ability of the individual must be considered 
according to 17 per cent while eight per cent believe there is no effect from radio appearance. 
Some reviewers believe that radio helps the player but hurts the boxoffice or that radio helps 
newcomers to establish themselves but hurts the already well-known players. 

III. THE PERFECT PROGRAM 



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What do you consider the make-up of the ideal program to be? 

RITICS were overwhelmingly in favor of a single feature, short subjects and newsreel. Most 
repeated "squawk" of the motion picture editors and reviewers was against the dual 
feature policy. 

(Continued on page 19) 



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You're Turning Away 

E-TENTH OF YOUR AUDIENCE 




— unless you're welcoming the deaf 
in the same way as Radio City Music Hall 

Thousands of exhibitors have found that welcoming 
the deaf with Theatrephones increases box-office receipts 
by 10% or more — draws the deaf and their friends from 
neighborhoods usually outside the market of the theatre. 
That's because one in every ten is hard of hearing — and 
cannot enjoy "the talkies" without the help of some com- 
pensating aid. Tlie Acousticon Theatreplione is energized 
directly from your sound system, permits deafened mem- 
bers of your audience to hear clearly and easily by a 
combination of bone and air conduction. It is operating 
now in thousands of theatres from houses seating as few 
as 500 to Radio City Music Hail. Ask for exploitation 
data today. 

THEATREPHONES 

Dictograph Products Company, Inc., 580 Fifth Avenue, New York City 

Offices in ISO cities throughout the United States 
MANUFACTURERS OF PRECISION EQUIPMENT SINCE 1902 



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CRITICS' FORUM 



(Continued) 



IV. ADVANCES IN 1936 



In what respect do you consider pictures made the greatest advance- 
ment during 1936? 

IMPROVEMENT in color — technically and in usage — was the greatest motion picture advance- 
ment in 1936 according to the film editors. More than 22 per cent were in agreement on this. 
Improvements in the selection, handling and attention to stories rated second with 18 per cent 
of the critics' votes. Following in order were: Better photography, better direction, improved his- 
torical pictures, better sound, "quality" pictures, use of literary classics, use of timely story mate- 
rial, development of comedies, adaptations of stage plays, adaptations of musicals from the stage, 
better acting, better screen musicals, improvement in moral tone, technically, projection, educa- 
;ionally, and better musical scores for dramas. 



V. PUBLICITY'S STATUS 



As a motion picture columnist, which is your principal source of 
material: Studio publicity, news services, copy supplied by theaters, 
trade press? 

MOST of the motion picture writers use more than one of the sources. Studio publicity and 
news services are used by more than the others, each polling 36 per cent of the critics. 
Copy supplied by theaters is used by 31 per cent and trade press material by 17 per cent 
of the critics. In addition, many of them dig up copy from original sources. 



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Do you believe the past year saw an improvement in studio publicity? 

TUDIO publicity did improve during 1936 according to 55 per cent of the critics. No improve- 
ment was seen by 31 per cent. 



Can these services be improved, and how? 

HEADING this list of suggested improvements was a plea for less "tripe," "bull," "baloney," 
"bunk," etc. Following was a more specific request for personalized service from studio 
publicity departments. Other suggestions were: Fewer superlatives; mere items written as 
news stories; more and better stills and photographs; more shorts for fillers; more factual stories; 
more mats and a better variety of sizes; less volume; more human interest material; more "low- 
down" items on players and pictures; more "leg" art; less emphasis on company and trade names 
and more on player personalities; less obvious advertising in items; localized releases; elimination 
of "fake" accidents, engagements, etc.; stories and statistics on the making of pictures; and elim- 
ination of trifles and gossip. 

VI. STELLAR MATERIAL 
What secondary players do you feel deserve a chance at stardom? 

MORE than 200 players were mentioned by the critics for elevation to stardom. The 25 most 
mentioned were: Walter Brennan, Ray Milland, Mischa Auer, Gale Sondergaard, Akim 
Tamiroff, Dorothy Lamour, Fay Bainter, Katherine de Mille, Isabel Jewell, Eric Blore, Bob 
Burns, Joseph Calleia, Colin Clive, Walter Connolly, James Ellison, Alice Faye, Hugh Herbert, Frieda 
Inescourt, Frank Morgan, Reginald Owen, Gail Patrick, Mickey Rooney, Claude Rains, Claire Trevor 
and Roland Young. 

Among others mentioned as star material were: Don Ameche, Jean Arthur, Annabella; Asta 
(dog); Henry Armetta, Elizabeth Allan, Fred Astaire — alone, Brian Aherne. 

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STARS 

are rising before the motion picture industry. 



TECHNICOLOR 

Motion Picture Corporation 
HERBERT T. KALMUS, President 

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CRITICS' FORUM 

(Continued) 

Robert Barrat, Alice Brady, J. Edward Bromberg, Ray Bolger, Peggy Bates, Beulah Bondi, Ralph 
Bellamy, Virginia Bruce, Robert Benchley, William Brisbane, Humphrey Bogart, Binnie Barnes, 
Kenny Baker, Helen Broderick, Charles Butterworth, Alan Baxter, John Beal, Edward Brophy, Spring 
Byington, Wendy Barrie, Nigel Bruce, Michael Bartlett. 

Joseph Calleia, Edouard Ciannelli, Jerome Cowan, Mady Christians, Leo Carrillo, Larry Crabbe, 
Tulio Carminati, Bruce Cabot, John Carradine, Walter Catlett, Mary Carlisle, Constance Collier, 
Charley Chase, E. E. Clive, Richard Carle, Spencer Charters. 

Henry Daniell, Dixie Dunbar, Frances Dee, Olivia de Havilland, Dudley Digges, Catherine 
Doucet, Irene Dale, Jane Darwell, Robert Donat, Lief Ericson, Madge Evans, Buddy Ebsen. 

Joan Fontaine, Virginia Field, Frances Farmer, Henry Fonda, Errol Flynn, Edith Fellows, Glenda 
Farrell, Julia Faye, Preston Foster. 

William Gargan, Margot Graham, Bonita Granville, Rosemary Glocz, James Gleason, Fernand 
Gravet, Paul Guilfoyle, Charley Grapewin. 

Ted Healy, Jack Haley, John Halliday, Marsha Hunt, Philip Huston, Warren Hull, John Howard, 
Edward Everett Horton, Harriet Hilliard, Carol Hughes, Julie Haydon, Louis Hayward, Jean Hersholt, 
Charlotte Henry, Raymond Hatton, Rochelle Hudson, Ian Hunter, Irene Harvey, Porter Hall, Sir 
Cedric Hardwicke. 

Frieda Inescourt, Margaret Irving, Alan Jones, Arline Judge, Henry Kolker, Roscoe Karns. 

Ella Logan, Margaret Lindsay, Hal LeRoy, Peter Lorre, Ida Lupino, June Lang, Frances Lang- 
ford, Florence Lake, Jack LaRue, Eric Linden. 

Jeanne Madden, Alan Mowbray, Chester Morris, Margo, John Miller, Una Merkel, June Martel, 
Aline MacMahon, Marian Marsh, Adolphe Menjou, Alan Mowbray, Dorothy McNulty, Karen Morley, 
Jack Mulhall, Donald Meek, Thomas Mitchell, Johnny Mercer, Barton MacLane, Burgess Meredith, 
Leona Maricle, Douglass Montgomery. 

Lloyd Nolan, David Niven, Ramon Novarro, Lynne Overman, Edna Mae Oliver, Maureen 
O'Sullivan. 

Cecilia Parker, Irene Purcell, ZaSu Pitts, Tyrone Power, Charles Ouigley. 

Shirley Ross, Rosalind Russell, Leah Ray, Jean Rogers, Basil Rathbone, The Ritz Brothers, 
Erik Rhodes, Cesar Romero, Esther Ralston, Barbara Read. 

Ann Shirley, C. Aubrey Smith, Harvey Stephens, Ned Sparks, Ann Sothern, Jack Smart and 
Lionel Stander — team, Nan Sunderland, Leopold Stokowski, James Stewart, Harry Stockwell, Maria 
Shelton. 

John Trent, Pinky Tomlin, Helen Vinson, Evelyn Venable. 

Marie Wilson, Lucille Watson, Jane Wyatt, Michael Whalen, Helen Wood, Eleanore Whitney, 
Virginia Weidler, Burgess Whitehead, Peggy Wood, Robert Young, Clara Kimball Young, Blanche 
Yurka. 

VIL STORY RESERVOIR 

What classics or semi-classics, as yet unfilmed, would you recom- 
mend for production? 

MOST called for works were Cyrano de Bergerac, Ivanhoe, Julius Caesar and The Merchant 
of Venice. Other leaders were: The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini, Arabian Nights, 
Candida, Casanova, Don Quixote, Evangeline, Forsythe Saga, Gulliver's Travels, It Can't 
Happen Here, Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Pickwick Papers, Richard III, Rip Van Winkle, To Have 
and to Hold, Victoria Regina, Wuthering Heights and The Wizard of Oz. 

Among other stories mentioned were: Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Arthurian Legends, 
The Admirable Crichton, Alice of Vincennes, Aphrodite. 

Black Beauty, Barchester novels. By Fire and Sword, Blue Bird, Ben Hur, Bambi — for Walt 
Disney, Biography of Aaron Burr, Black Majesty, The Black Crook. 

The Cloister and the Hearth, Christmas Carol, The Copperhead, Chimes of Normandy. 

Drums Along the Mohawk, Dead End, Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall, Enormous Room. 

The Flying Cromlech, Far from the Maddening Crowd, Faust (Christopher Marlowe), The Fair 
God, Fortitude, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Forty Days of Musa Dagh, Fall of the 
House of Usher, Faust — opera. 

Hassan, Henry Esmond, Hypotia, Hiawatha, Herries series, Hannibal, Hereward the Wake, 
Hamlet. {Continued on page 23) 



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(Co)itiiiued) 

II Trovatore — opera, Ichabod Crane, I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes, I Am Jonathan Scrivner. 

Jane Eyre, Joan of Arc, The Jest, Josephus, Jude the Obscure, Jean-Christophe, Kathleen, Kenil- 
worth, Knights of King Arthur. 

The Lost Girl, Life of Casanova, The Long Night, A Life, Life of Montrose, Life of Wagner, 
Leonardo Da Vinci, Lorna Doone, Long Journey, Lady of the Lake, L'Aiglon. 

Messer Marco Polo, The Moonstone, Marmion, Miracle of Verdun, Mikado, Macbeth, Magic 
Mountain, Man Who Would Be King, Madame Bovary, The Mad Man, Man They Hanged, Matriarch. 

The Necklace, Napoleon, Nostromo, Nancy Stair, Old Mortality, Oliver Twist, Old Jules, Oedipus. 

Playboy of the Western World, Pride and Prejudice, Peter Pan, Pilgrim's Progress, Prince of 
Pilsen, Pit and the Pendulum, Queen Esther. 

Rain from Heaven, Return of the Native, Rainbow Fish, Robinson Crusoe, Romance, Rutledge, 
Robin Hood, Revoh of the Angels. 

Souls at Sea, Saint Joan, Scottish Chiefs, Sherlock Holmes, Strongheart, The Slim Princess, 
South Wind, Silas Marner, Scaramouche, Student Prince in Heidelberg. 

Tristan and Isolde, Tono-Bungay, Twelfth Night, Taming of the Shrew, Tom Jones, Thais, Tish, 
Tess of the D'Urbevilles, Tom Sawyer, Two Years Before the Mast. 

Ulysses, The Virginian, Waverly, War and Peace, When Knighthood Was in Flower, The 
Way of all Flesh. 

Many of the critics called for their favorites by author instead of by titles. Among authors 
mentioned were: Saki, Conrad, O. Henry, Stevenson, Lincoln, Kipling, Homer, Churchill, Sir Walter 
Scott, Dickens, Mark Twain, Gilbert and Sullivan, Ibsen, O'Neil, Victor Herbert, Wilkie Collins, 
Robert W. Chambers, Kenneth Roberts, Balzac, Eleanore Mercein, Shakespeare and Holman Day. 

Still other listed topics for picturization. Mentioned were stories about: Carrie Nation, George 
Washington, Julius Caesar, Napoleon, Robert E. Lee, Russian history, the rest of the Mutiny series 
and the Graustark stories. 

VIII. GAMES AND GIVEAWAYS 

Assuming that games and give-aways were needed box-office stim- 
ulants during the depression, do you consider them to be now nec- 
essary in your community? 

RESOUNDING "No!" greeted this question with 78 per cent of the critics in the negative, 
only 1 1 per cent voted affirmatively, with 1 1 per cent taking no stand. 



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Do you believe that a motion picture reviewer should express purely 
a personal viewpoint or do you think audience reaction should be 
taken into consideration? 

WHEN this question was asked in the 1932 Forum, 80 per cent of the critics held out for their 
personal viewpoints. The latest results show that 32 per cent now believe in the personal 
viewpoint, 35 per cent believe audience reaction should be the judging yardstick and 22 
per cent believe reviews should be a combination of both audience reaction and personal viewpoint. 



X. MAJOR SQUAWKS 



Squawk Department: We all have our pet squawks and ideas. Ex- 
change of viewpoints never hurt anyone, so talk freely. 

DUAL features were the most complained at aspect of motion pictures. The reviewers were 
almost unanimous in denouncing the policy. Other repeated "squawks" were aimed at: 
Mishandling and casting of players; lack of courage in production; weak short subjects; 
commercial pictures; noisy theater patrons; too many trailers; lack of fresh plot in films; publicity 
material and press books; detail inaccuracies and roadshows. 



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• • MORE FEATURES AND LARGER BUDGETS HIGHLIGHT THE 
1937-1938 PRODUCT ANNOUNCEMENTS 



By CHESTER B. BAHN 
Editor, THE FILM DAILY 

THE American film year, 1937-38, on the basis of production and releasing schedules announced 
by both major companies and independents will be distinguished by: 

First, an increase in the number of features. Schedules announced one year ago called 
for a total of 942 features; the new season's total is 974. The increase is essentially due to the 
smaller companies and importation of foreign language pictures. Last year, the minimum total for 
the eight majors was 429, this year, 424. English language features for 1937-38 total 805, including 
23 revivals; foreign language features number 169. For the previous year, there were 847 Eng- 
lish language features, only 95 in a foreign tongue. 

Secondly, a relatively marked gain in the number of million dollar productions, with 37 pic- 
tures definitely budgeted at that figure or more and the prospect that the number will be still higher 
before the year does an exit. 

Generally speaking, and among the majors in particular, there is a trend towards increased 
spending. Specifically, Paramount has advanced its budget $10,000,000 over the 1936-37 figure, and 
RKO Radio has jumped its budget $3,500,000. The trend finds further manifestation in United 
Artists' announced $26,000,000 budget, the $15,000,000 allotted by Columbia, and Monogram's 25 
per cent budget tilt. 

Significant, too, in this respect are such factors as Warners' investment of $5,000,000 in story 
properties, Metrc-Goldwyn-Mayer's emphasis upon plans to make stories of the magnitude and 
importance of "The Great Ziegfeld," "Good Earth" and "Romeo and Juliet," United Artists' proposal 
to make 10 pictures in Technicolor and Pararnount's allocation of 20 pictures in the million dollar 
category. 

Indeed, if the spending trend gathering impetus this year is not sidetracked, the American 
industry seems headed for still more costly productions in the immediate future. It is a sign o' 
the times that United Artists has one $2,000,000 pix and four $1,500,000 features listed for 1937-38. 

Scanning further the American statistical horizon, a decline in the number of shorts, exclusive 
of newsreels, and a slight increase in the number of serials is disclosed. For 1936-37, 967 shorts 
were announced as against 909 for 1937-38. Here again the greater loss is in the indie field, 
the eight majors listing 720 for this season as against 741. 

An analysis of production schedules reveals a musical cycle definitely taking shape. Para- 
mount promises a record number of musicals, Metro has four musicals set and six others are 
possible, 20th Century-Fox plans about a dozen. United Artists lists five musicals, RKO, at least 10, 
Universal, six, Warners, eight, Columbia, three, while several of the smaller companies will also 
do musicals — admittedly an elastic classification. 

Hollywood, tco, proposes to bring many outstanding stage hits of today and yesterday to the 
screen in 1937-38, including "Dead End," "Tovarich," "Stage Door," "White Horse Inn," "Boy 
Meets Girl," "The Firefly," "The Desert Song," "Idiot's Delight," "Girl of the Golden West," "You 
Can't Take It With You," "The Awful Truth," "Sally, Irene and Mary." 

There will be continued attention paid to the classics and to biographical and historical sub- 
jects. Sea stories will receive attention, with several of the year's important productions in this 
category. Westerns, it is indicated, will account for at least 15 per cent of releases. 

A further production highlight is afforded by the increased attention to series pictures. Para- 
mount will have four sets built around Hopalong Cassidy, Sophie Lang, Fu Manchu and Bulldog 
Drummond; 20th Century-Fox will have three featuring Charlie Chan, Mr. Moto and the Jones 
Family; RKO plans three Inspector Piper stories; Grand National will have series pix concerned 
with Flash Casey, The Shadow, Renfrew of the Mounted, and Wallaby Jim. And M-G-M will 
continue the Thin Man series, Columbia, the Nero Wolfe series and Warners, the Perry Mason 
and Torchy Blane series. 



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COLOR 



• • • MORE THAN 23 COLOR FEATURES PLANNED FOR THE 
1937-1938 SEASON, INDICATING NEW HIGH FOR COLOR OUTPUT 



By ARTHUR W. EDDY 

Associnte Editor, THE FILM DAILY 

HOLLYWOOD producer interest in color, largely stimulated by results as demonstrated in "A Star 
Is Born," the David O. Selznick-United Artists production, will crystallize in substantially more 
than 25 features during the season of 1937-38. These plans, if carried out, m.ean a new high 
for color production in the feature field. 

According to no less an authority than Dr. Herbert T. Kalmus, president of Technicolor, between 
18 and 20 features will be made with his process next year in this country. Mere than 50,000,000 
feet of Technicolor will be used during the current calendar year, Dr. Kalmus estimates, and, 
anticipating a further rise, his company is planning to double the capacity of its Hollywood labora- 
tory. His recent visit to England was partly due to plans for increasing the capacity of the 
Technicolor plant there. 

Technicolor, by far and away the leading color firm from the standpoint of output, expects to 
more than double its last year's sales of 37,000,000 feet. Output for the first three months of 1937 
amounted to 938,181 feet, indicating an increase of 200,000 feet over the corresponding period last 
year. Technicolor stockholders have been informed. 

Biggest color bombshell of the past year was tossed into the industry's lap when Samuel 
Goldwyn, in May, announced that he intends to make all his future productions in color. Alexander 
Korda, who cuts an important figure in British production affairs, has indicated his intention of 
making at least three of his London Films productions in color. Other English companies contemplate 
at least six more features containing this production ingredient. 

Among the entrants into the color situation during the past year was the Keller-Dorian process, 
control of which is passing from the Celestin-Colgate interests to a group of foreign capitalists. 
Grand National is the initial company to disclose plans for making pictures via this system. George 
E. Quigley, former Warner Bros. -First National executive, is associated with the new group. 

Color continues to hold its own in the short subject field, particularly in cartoons and travel 
reels. It was advantageously used in connection with pictures made of the Coronation in England 
and 20th Century-Fox is distributing a Technicolor treatment of the subject. 

Sponsors of color systems, including Technicolor, are still expending every possible laboratory 
effort to improve their processes and to reduce costs. Dr. Kalmus has predicted that in less than 
two years, it will be possible to take Technicolor pictures with ordinary motion picture cameras 
and that his company will be able to take color separations from the negative, thus discarding the 
reversal process used at the present time. 

All signs along the motion picture highways and byways point to a substantial increase in the 
use of color during 1937-38 and the years to follow. 



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TELEVISION 



• • COMMERCIAL TELEVISION NOT EXPECTED FOR ANOTHER 
YEAR: TECHNICAL PERFORMANCE BEING IMPROVED 



By EDWARD HARRISON 
THE FILM DAILY STAFF 

WHILE it appears certain that television will not be established on a commercial basis during 
1937, the Federal Government virill be seriously considering the granting of licenses for 
commercial television broadcasting before a year has elapsed, THE FILM DAILY is advised. 

The facts about television are that sets can be marketed by concerns such as RCA for around 
$250. In England television sets are sold at price ranging between $280 and $340. Home tele- 
vision sets here will show pictures ranging in size from 7V'2 by 10 inches to 18 by 24 inches. 
RCA in a recent demonstration threw pictures on a screen 3 feet by 4 feet that were very bright 
and pictures 6 feet by 8 feet that were not quite so clear. With the advance of time, RCA is 
expected to improve on this performance. 

In England, there have been regular television broadcasts twice daily for almost a year. 
Recently the coronation was televised. THE FILM DAILY is informed on good authority that every- 
thing which has been done in television in England can be duplicated here. RCA has been con- 
ducting experimental film tests from a transmitter mounted atop the Empire State Building for 
over a year, and has thus developed an invaluable fund of program experience. From this experi- 
ence has come the knowledge that program with national appeal can be built reasonably. 

Two sample programs which the public was not privileged to see establish this. One program 
included a leader strip on film, a studio presentation of a triangle farce involving four characters, 
four musical acrobats who played a variety of instruments, the Louis-Braddock fight film, a comedy 
scene laid in a hospital, a match between the table tennis champions recently seen at the Radio 
City Music Hall and, finally, a trailer on film. The second program included a leader strip, a word 
of introduction from an announcer, a farcical film titled "Prohibition Days," a child prodigy playing 
the piano and singing, a newsreel, a studio presentation of a murder drama, a short subject 
showing the construction of Boulder Dam and a trailer. 

It is now possible to televise all the outdoor scenes, both day and night, that are taken by 
the movie-newsreel cameraman. 

Present standard of television programs will provide a higher grade of entertainment than 
that afforded by radio. 

The quality and clearness of television pictures is constantly being improved. 

RCA, Farnsworth and Philco are the principal factors in television manufacture here. Most 
radio manufacturers are RCA licensees and will thus be able to manufacture television sets if 
they desire. 

American Telephone & Telegraph Co. is confining its interest in television to development of 
the coaxial cable making possible transmission of television programs between two cities. An 
A. T. 6c T. official said the company had no plans at this time to manufacture and sell television 
transmitting apparatus as RCA is doing. 

It will be possible to send programs from city to city either by cable or radio. Test of both 
these methods show them to be equally good. Difference in cost is not great at the moment. 
Further research will develop which is the most practical. 

Before granting commercial television rights to any company, the government will determine 
whether the control of television should remain in the hands of private capital under government 
supervision, or under direct government management and control. Decision by the government 
on a policy towards television control was advocated recently by the National Resources Com- 
mittee on technological trends and social implications of inventions in a report made to President 
Roosevelt. The committee was appointed by President Roosevelt. 

Radio's increased use of movie "names" for air programs has lead several of the major 
companies into program producing and augurs a quick step into television by these companies 
when sight and sound broadcasting starts. M-G-M has signed to produce a weekly show for 
radio. Warner Bros, is active through its Transamerica Corp. Paramount is also in the field. 



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Attractions 



3 VICTOR SCHERTZINGER Musicals 



JAMES CAGNEY in "SOMETHING TO SING ABOUT" 
ANNA STEN in "LOVE ME AGAIN" 

Another Great Victor Schertzinger Musical Romance 



Co-produced by Zion Myers 



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JAMES CAGNEY 



"DYNAMITE"— A Richard A Rowland Production. Adapted from the story "Hot 
Oil" by Lane Bnttan and George D. Smart. 
CAGNEY No. 2— Tops in Box Office Values. 



2 Starring Glamorous ANNA STEN 



'GORGEOUS"-A Brilliant Vehicle revealing a NEW ANNA STEN 

Eugene Frenke, producer-director. 
'ORCHID GIRL" — Sprightly, gay, sophisticated, with a background of Broadway 

and Park Avenue A Eugene Frenke production. 



GILBERT AND SULLIVAN Operettas On the Screen for the First Time! 
"THE GIRL SAID NO" — An Andrew Stone Production with original Gilbert and Sullivan Stage Stars 



4 GREAT ROMANCES of YOUNG LOVE Produced by B F ZEIDMAN, first of 
which IS "SWEETHEART OF THE NAVY" with Eric Linden and Cecilia Parker . . . 
'SO THIS IS HOLLYWOOD" by Carroll Graham . . . "LOVE RUNS INTO 
MONEY" by Erwin Gelsey 



4 STUART ERWIN Comedy Smashes 



"small town boy"— Zion Myers Production based on Cosmopolitan Mag. story. 

FACE THE facts" — Clarence Budington Kelland's American Magazine story 

Richard A. Rowland, producer. 

STEPPIN' HIGH — The Screen's Homespun Hero in a Rollicking Role. 
"BRIGHT BOY"— A Comedy Triumph for the "All-American Chump". 



6 PRE-SOLD MAGAZINE, RADIO and ACTION SERIES 



'THE SHADOW" (4) Famous Magazine and 
Radio Character starring Rod LaRocque. 

'FLASH CASEY" (4) Based on the popular 
magazine hero. Played by Eric Linden. 

'RENFREW OF THE MOUNTED" (4) Sen- 
sational radio and book character featuring 
the new screen find, Jimmy Newill. 



"FEDERAL AGENT DRAMAS" (4) with 
Conrad Nagel and Eleanor Hunt. 

"WALLABY JIM" Adventures (4) A Col- 
lier's Magazine feature with Geo. Houston. 

"STARS AND STRIPES"Series. (4) Featur- 
ing Kelly and Stone. Richard A. Row- 
land, producer. 



8 Other BIG STAR ATTRACTIONS 

'KING OF THE SIERRAS" with THUNDER, Wonder Horse and REX, King of Wild Horses 
8 MUSICAL WESTERNS 8 ACTION WESTERNS 
Starring TEX RITTER * Starring KEN MAYNARD 

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PUBLICITY 

• • • LARGER GROSSES RESULT FROM COOPERATION BETWEEN 
DISTRIBUTOR AND EXHIBITOR 

By GEORGE H. MORRIS 

THE FILM DAILY STAFF 

SCARCELY a word has been forthcoming with respect to a factor which certainly has aided in 
no small degree to the creation of present high film revenues, — namely, the part publicity, 

advertising and exploitation have played in the current prosperity of filmland. It is the spirit 
ot cooperation which has made it possible for the elements to exert the heaviest sort of influence 
upon the public. 

Before expanding this point, it should be said that while many exhibitors and even entire 
indie circuits are of the opinion that there are more advantages to be derived from playing 
pictures on flat rental rather than on percentage, — and their opinion is entitled to respect, — there 
is no gain-saying the fact that when such circuits and exhibitors "go into business" with pro- 
ducing companies, the latter are far more inclined to "shoot the works" to get as many patrons 
as possible to step up to box-offices and buy. 

The phrase "shoot the works" of ccurse applies to publicity, advertising and exploitation sup- 
port. Up in the key and kindred important runs, percentage engagements are dominantly in 
force. Not only does the concentration of population in such stands influence producers to book 
in this wise in order to gain revenue satisfactorily proportionate to their high production costs, 
but the very fact that the population in these spots is great, and therefore necessitate powerful 
publicity, advertising and exploitation coverage to build big b.o. returns, producers are prompted 
to ally their forces with those of the local theatre. 

Naturally there is no actual barometer for judging what "might have been" at box-offices, — 
whether the local stand might not have farad just as well using the services of its own publicists 
exclusively; or conversely, whether the producer's publicity representative or representatives 
assigned to the engagement raised the gross and how much. But it is safe to say that, as a 
general rule, the uniting of exhibitor and producer publicists in a common cause is a tremendous 
asset in putting a film over with the public. In the final analysis, it is results that count. The 
records are studded with examples of brilliant campaigns which have been conducted on this 
basis, with consequent brilliant grosses. Also, it is more than a coincidence that revenues from 
key and similar engagements have swung upward with the increase in the practice of booking 
on a percentage basis. 

Few, if any, industries can compare with filmland in the cooperation extended to retail outlets 
by the manufacturer. Merchandising of pictures both great and small has reached a remarkable 
scale and state of development by virtue of the fact that whether films go to key stands or to 
the secondaries, their makers, in common with the theatres, have a vital interest in how the product 
fares. Most industries are content to permit the outlets to get along as best they can, in accordance 
with public demand. A certain amount of display material and merchandising suggestions are 
made, it is true, but not comparable to the intensive practice which prevails in the motion picture 
business. One outstanding proof of this is the fact that other big businesses are constantly 
using filmland's methods as models, and appropriating them. They term this, quite naively, 
"applying showmanship to selling." 

During the past year, virtually every producing company, via its branch offices and exchanges, 
had set up regional publicists in growing quantities to assist the exhibitor in making his theatre 
pay better dividends. Such publicists, either directly assigned to the theatre, or in a position to 
furnish ideas, advice and helpful suggestions for any given run, work on what, for a better phrase, 
might be described as the "G-Man Code." In other words, the regional or home office publicist, 
as a matter of both common sense and diplomacy, unfailingly gives credit for all accomplishments 
in the way of tie-ups, stunts, etc., to the local theatre's publicity department. Often this code is 
not at all essential, for many of the top bracket houses today have publicists on their payrolls 
whose capabilities challenge the best of manpower the producer can supply. 

There have been and are many examples of the skill with which local theatre publicists 
handle their jobs, and it is not infrequently that producer home offices are compelled to recognize, 
and often adopt, campaign details that are born in the fertile minds of non-company publicity, 

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TECHNICAL 

m 9 9 A SURVEY OF DEVELOPMENTS IN MECHANICAL TECH- 
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By L. H. MITCHELL 
THE FILM DAILY STAFF 

WHILE there were no startling innovations in the motion picture technical field since the last 
issue of the Product Guide and Directors' Annual, there has been a general improvement in 

both materials and technic in several phases of the industry. 

Continuing improvements have been made in the field of color. Kodachrome has announced a 
new type for use with artificial lighting, with compensation for the difference in color between 
incandescent lamps and daylight. Filters are provided for interchangeably using the film with either 
light source. Agfa announced a new color scheme based upon the Fischer process. Technicolor 
showed pronounced improvement in color, while Cinecolor, Magncolor, Cosmocolor, iDufaycolor, 
Keller-Dorian, Chemicolour and others made strong claims for improved processes. 

In black and white photography for sun-standard cameras a new high-speed panchromatic 
film was made available. A new infra-red-sensitive negative film for professional production work 
was also put on the market. In conjunction with red filters special effects are made possible such 
as night photography in full daylight. 

A radical new type of film for the production of duplicates from transparencies by a single 
step was announced. It takes advantage of the solarization property of emulsions, obtaining the 
reversal point in sensitivity by a ripening process during manufacture in the presence of fog-produc- 
ing agents, instead of by over-exposing the emulsions to light. 

Progress was made in the development of an unblimped silent camera. A number of studios 
installed the NC Mitchell cameras for use in conjunction with very lightweight blimps. 

The Columbia studios developed a direct motor drive for high-speed camera work, remotely 
controlled by a rheostat, providing smooth movement from 24 to 192 frames per second, thus 
eliminating the gear-box and its unsteadiness. 

Hal Mohr's useful method of achieving greater depth of field by using a lens so mounted that 
it can be rotated about its nodal point, and setting the lens angle for each shot so that near and 
far objects are in the best focus in the film, came into greater use. Effect of using the lens in 
this manner is the same as though the camera were equipped with a swing-back. 

General Electric's new flood flash lamp for still photography is another recent improvement. 
It produces an average of 30 lumens per watt, or as much light as the standard 200-watt filament 
lamp. 

In the field of film for sub-standard cameras is the Hypan high-speed, fully panchromatic, fine- 
grain, non-halation, reversible film for outdoor use developed by the Agfa Ansco Corp. Eastman 
Kodak Co. introduced Kodachrome Type A for use with artificial light. Gevaert made available 
to the U. S. market a Panchro Super and Panchro fine-grain reversal film. 

Eastman introduced a magazine Cine-Kodak 16 mm. camera which eliminates difficulty in 
threading and which may be operated at half-speed, normal speed and at 64 frames per second. 
Keystone Manufacturing Co. introduced a new line of 8 mm. cameras which will accommodate 
either 8 mm. or double 8mm. film. Paillard-Bolex placed on the American market a new 16 mm. 
camera having such features as speeds of 8, 16, 32 and 64 frames, backward rewind for trick 
work, automatic threading, special view finder to prevent parallax, audible footage indicator, usual 
focusing, and automatic footage indicator. 

Kodascope introduced its Model E projector, a modification of Model EE, which is said to be 
on a par with its Model L but at a much lower price. Bell & Howell came out with a new 16 mm. 
projector, Model 138, for home and school use. It may be equipped with a 750-watt lamp and 
will accommodate 1,600-ft. reels. Universal Camera Co. brought out an 8 mm. projector for the 
low priced field. Andre OeBrie announced a new 16 mm. sound projector to meet the requirements 
of 16 mm. projector equipment. 

Squeeze-track recording, engineered by the M-G-M studies, was much used as a means for 
extending volume range (in "Maytirae," for instance). Push-pull ultra violet recording came into 

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PRODUCTION 
PERSONALITIES 

• • • ^ REVIEW^ OF THE MEN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INDUS- 
TRY'S FLOW OF OUTSTANDING PICTURES 



By RALPH WILK 

West Coast Representative, THE FILM DAILY 

NUMEROUS changes have been made in the production ranks of Hollywood during the past 
12 months. Irving G. Thalberg's death was a serious loss. William Koenig left the general 
managership of Universal studios to accept an important post at M-G-M. Grand National 
entered the production field, as did Condor. Monogram resumed production. Nat Levine resigned 
as head of the Republic plant and joined M-G-M. 

Harry Cohn has continued the use of writer-producers, and the former writers now producing 
for Columbia include Frances Marion, Robert Riskin, Myles Connolly, Everett Riskin, Sidney Buch- 
man and Nat Perrin. Other Columbia producers comprise Leo McCarey, William Perlberg, Irving 
Briskin, Ralph Cohn, Harry Decker, Jack Fier and Wallace MaaDonald. 

Louis B. Mayer has made several additions to the production ranks at M-G-M. Carl Laemmle, 
Jr., and Nat Levine are among the new producers at the Culver City plant. Writer-producers at 
M-G-M include Edward Chodorov, Grover Jones, Joseph Mankiwiecz, J. K. McGuinness, and Norman 
Krasna. Among the veteran executives at the studio are Edw^ard Mannix, Hunt Stromberg, Bernard 
Hyman, Harry Rapf, John Considine, Jr. and Joseph J. Cohn. Other producers are Lawrence Wein- 
garten, Louis Lighten, Jack Cummings, Michael Fessier, Lou Ostrow, Tom Reed, Merian C. Cooper, 
Arthur Freed, Sam Zimbalist, and Frank T. Davis. Jack Chertok is in charge of short subject 
production. Michael Balcon will be in charge of M-G-M's British production. 

Adolph Zukor is chief executive at Paramount, with William LeBaron, general manager of 
production. Albert Lewin, who was Irving G. Thalberg's chief aide, is a newcomer at Paramount. 
Lucien Hubbard has returned to the fold after several years at Warners and M-G-M. Cecil B. 
deMille, Wesley Ruggles, Ernst Lubitsch, Arthur Hornblow, Jr., Rouben Mamoulian, Lewis Gensler, 
Frank Lloyd and his aide, Howard Estabrook, continue at the Marathon street plant. Mel Shauer, 
Harol Hurley, Harlan Thompson, A. M. Botsford, Paul Jones, Jack Cunningham, Fanchon, William T. 
Lackey are among the producers. Herbert Moulton, Robert C. Bruce, Jerry Fairbanks and Robert 
Carlisle are Paramount short subject producers. Benjamin Glazer is leaving Paramount after an 
association of seven years and is expected to sign a producer contract at Warners. 

The newest addition that Darryl Zanuck has made at 20th Century-Fox is Harry Joe Brown, 
who moves over from Warners. Sol M. Wurtzel continues as executive producer. Associate pro- 
ducers are Nunnally Johnson, Kenneth Macgowan, John Stone, Earl Carroll, Samuel G. Engel, Gene 
Markey, Laurence Schwab, Harold Wilson, Milton Feld, Leslie Landau and Max Golden. Dan 
Michalove, veteran in exhibition and distribution fields, is being groomed for an associate pro- 
ducership. Robert T. Kane is in charge of 20th Century-Fox production in England. 

Few changes have been made in the Warner forces. Jack Warner continues at the head of 
the studio, with Hal Wallis as his chief aide. Henry Blanke, Robert Lord, Sam Bischoff and Lou 
Eldelman are among the veteran producers. Mervyn LeRoy has his own unit. David Lewis, who 
was a member of the Irving G. Thalberg unit at M-G-M, is the newest producer at Warners. Bryan 
Foy remains at the head of the lower-budget output, with Frank Mandel as one of his supervisors. 

S. J. Briskin's contingent at RKO comprises Pandro Berman, Jesse L. Lasky, Albert Lewis, 
Cliff Reid, Edward Kaufman, William Sistrom, Lee Marcus, P. J. Wolfson, Lou Lusty, Maury M. 
Cohen and Robert Sisk. Edward Small recently completed his contract with RKO and is now in 
Europe. 

Charles R. Rogers' battery of producers at Universal numbers E. M. Asher, Leu Brock, B. G. 
DeSylva, Edmund Grainger, John M. Stahl, Joseph Pasternak, Robert Presnell and Trem Carr. 
Walter Lantz is at the head of the cartoon department. 

Harold Shumate and Harry Sauber are the newest additions to Moe Siegel's forces at Republic. 
Hold overs are Colbert Clark, Leonard Fields, Herman Schlom, William Berke and Armand Schaefer. 
Harry Grey was recently upped to a producership. 

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AMERICAN T O B I S CORPORATION 
Presents for 1.937-38 



CONDOTIERRI 

Star and director: Luis Trenker, 

DER TIGER VON ESCHNAPUR 

(The Tiger of Eschnapur) ; stars: Kitty Jantzan, 
La Jana, Frits van Dongen, Tlieo Lingen, Alex- 
ander Golling; director: Richard Eichberg. 

DAS INDISCHE GRABMAL 

(The Indian Tomb) ; cast: Kitty Jantzen, La 
Jana, Frits van Dongen, Theo. Lingen, Alexander 
Golling; director: Richard Eichberg. 

DAS SCHLOSS IN FLANDERN 

(The Castle in Flanders) ; cast: Martha Eggert, 
Paul Hartmann; director: Geza von Bolvary. 

WEISSE SKLAVEN 

(White Slaves); cast: Camilla Horn, Agnes 
Straub, Werner Hinz, Theodor Loos; director' 
Carl Anton. 

INTERMEZZO 
Cast: Tresi Rudolf, Albrecht Schoenhals; direc- 
tor: Josef von Baky. 

GEFAEHRLICHES SPIEL 

(Dangerous Game) , cast: Jenny Jugo, Harry 
Liedtke; director: Erich Engel. 

REVOLUTIONSHOCHZEIT 

(Revolution Wedding) ; cast: Gustav Froehlich, 
Brigitte Horney; director: H. Zerlett. 

ES GEHT UN MEIN LEBEN 

(I Fight for My Life); cast: Kitty Jantzen, 
Karl Ludwig Diehl; director: Richard Eichberg, 

DAS GAESSCHEN ZUM PARADIES 

(Paradise Lane); cast: Hans Moser, Peter 
Bosse; director: Mac Fries. 

DIE GOETTLICHE JETTE 

(Jette, the Divine) ; cast: Crete Weiser, Fried- 
rich Benfer; director: Erich Waschneck. 

ALARM IN PEKING 

Cast; Leni Morenbach, Gustav Froehlich, Peter 
Voss, director: Herbert Slepin. 

SEIN BESTER FREUND 

(His Best Friend) ; star and director: Harry Piel. 

TRUXA 

Cast: La Jana, Hans Stelzer; director, H. Zer- 
lett. 

HERIATSINSTITUT IDA WUEST & CO. 

(Marriage Agency-Ida Wuest & Co.); cast: Ida 
Wuest, Rotraut Richter; director: Viktor Janson. 

ESKAPADEN 

(Escapade); cast: Renate Mueller, Georg Alex- 
ander; director: Erich Waschneck. 

DIE NACHT MIT DEM KAISER 

(At the Emperor's Command) ; cast: Jenny Jugo, 
Friedrich Benfer, Hans Zesch-Ballot; director. 
Erich Engel. 

RASPUTIN 
Star: Emil Jannings; director, Gustav von 
Ucicky. 

DER ZERBROCHENE KRUG 

(The Broken Jug) ; cast: Emil Jannings, Angela 
Sallocker; director: Gustav von Ucicky. 

MANEGE 

(Arena) cast: Atilla Hoerbiger, Albert Matter- 
stock, Lucie Hoeflich, Fitz Benkhoff; director: 
Carmine Gallone. 

0ER UNWIDERSTECHLICHE 

(The Irresistible Man); cast: Anny Ondra; di- 
rector: Geza von Bolvary. 



Ralph, 



Crete 



Heinz 



DER MAULK0R6 

(The Muzzle). 
FAHRENDES VOLK 

(Traveling People); cast: Francoise Rosay; di- 
rector: Jacques Feyder. 
DIE SCHAUSPIELERIN 

(The Actress); tentative cast: Hanna 

Geraldine Katt; director, von Rabenalt. 
A SHOW FILM 

Cast: Anny Ondra, La Jana, Ruid Godden; direc- 
tor: Hans H. Zerlett. 
DIE GROSSE UND KIE KLEINE LIEBE 

(The Big and the Small Love); cast: Renate 

Mueller, Albert Matterstock. 
DIE AUSTERNLILLI 

(Ostyer Lil); cast: Gusti Wolf, Herman Thimig, 

Oscar Sima, Theo. Lingen; director: W. E. Emo. 
GABRIELLE 1-2-3 

Cast: Gustav Froehlich, Marianna Hoppe, 

Weiser; director: Rolf Hansen. 
MARSCH DER VETERANEN 

(March of the Veterans). 
DIE UMWEGE DES SCHOENEN KARL 

(The Adventures of a Waiter); cast: 

Ruehmann; director: Carl Froehlich. 
KORALLENPRINZESSIN 

(The Coral Princess) ; cast: Ita Rina, Ivan 

Petrovitsch; director: Viktor Jansen. 
EINMAL WERD ICH DIR GEFALLEN 

(Once You Will Love Me). 
DIE ROTE MUETZE 

(The Red Cap) ; cast: Viktoria von Ballasko; 

directo-: Herbert Selpin. 
WARSCHUAER ZITADELLE 

(Fortress Warshau). 

VERSPRICH MIR NIGHTS 

(Don't Promise Me). 
SIGNAL IN DER NACHT 

(Signal in the Night). 
DIE GRAUE SCHWESTER 

(The Grey Sister); cast: Hannes Stelzer, Inge 

List; director: Schneider-Edenkoben. 
MIT VERSIEGELTER ORDER 

(With Sealed Orders) ; cast: Gustav 

Werner Hintz, Marie Luise Claudius; 

Carl Anton. 
DIE STIMME AUS DEM AETHER 

(The Voice from the Ether). 
MAEDCHEN FUER ALLES 

(Maid of All Work); cast: Crete Weiser, 

Godden; director: Carl Boese. 
5 MILLIENEN SUCHEN EINEN ERBEH 

(5 Millions Look for an Heir). 
CAPRIOLEN 

(Heaven on Earth); cast: Gruendgens, Mari- 
anne Hoppe; director: Gustav Gruendgens. 
ABENTEUER IN WARSCHAU 

(Adventures in Warsaw). 
DER BULLE VON UECKERITZ 

(The Bull of Ueckeritz). 
DER LACHDOKTOR 

(The Laughing Doctor). 
OLYMPIC GAMES, BERLIN, 1936 



Froehlich, 
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CORPORATION 



RADIO CITY 



W. E. VAN SEVERN 
Managing Director 



NEW YORK 



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EASTERN 

PRODUCTION 



• MORE THAN 300 SHORT SUBJECTS PRODUCED IN THE 
EAST DURING THE LAST SEASON 



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By SID WEISS 
THE FILM DAILY STAFF 



HE East, pioneer production center of the motion picture industry, continues to make definite 
strides toward supremacy in the short subjects field. 

More than 300 shorts were completed in Eastern studios during the past season as com- 
pared with some 280 for the preceding year. Next season's schedule calls for a still greater 
expansion. 

The trend today in short subjects is in three directions — musicals, sports thrillers and travel. 
Sports thrillers such as those turned out by Warners, Van Beuren and Columbia have hit th® top 
brackets in popularity. Travel and pictorial reviews have demonstrated consistent audience appeal. 
Most of the independent producers have turned to musicals, with a measure of success. 

Comedy shorts, such as those made by Al Christie for Educational and the Warner Vitaphone 
subjects, are naturally a standard product and frequently are responsible for rounding out and 
lifting an otherwise so-so program. Band shorts, too, come in for their measure of popularity, with 
both Paramount and Warners reporting enthusiastic reception, especially in the smaller towns. 

While no feature productions were made in the East last year, there w^ere many location shots 
taken here, in addition to the Kirsten Flagstad sequence in Paramount's "Big Broadcast of 1938," 
which was filmed at the General Service studios at Astoria, Long Island. 

Production centers here, nevertheless, are highly optimistic regarding the future of feature 
work in the East, with current programs contemplating more than a few full-length films. 

Condor Pictures, Inc. alone are transferring all their Eastern production activities to the West 
Coast. Condor, which has taken over Van Beuren Productions, will turn out 26 one-reelers for 
RKO in Hollywood. 

Two additional studios joined the metropolitan production fold. Burgi Centner took over the 
Lincoln studios at Ridgefield, N. J. and renamed it the Producers Service studio. The Edison studio 
on Decatur avenue in the Bronx has been rechristened the Film Art studios, with John T. Doran 
now the guiding head. 

B. K. Blake, who produced the "Voice of Experience" and "Court of Human Relations" series 
for Columbia last year, will concentrate on musicals for the forthcoming season and is scheduled 
to produce 13 at the Biograph studios. 

Milton Schwarzwald, who made 13 one-reelers for Universal last season, will do 13 two- 
reelers under his new contract. He will also do seven one-reelers for RKO. 

Of the 300 shorts made in the East last season, 100 were made at the Warner Bros. Vitaphone 
studios in Brooklyn, with Sam Sax as chief executive; 76 by Educational at the General Service 
studios in Astoria, under the supervision of Al Christie; 30 by Don Hancock for Van Beuren; 
10 by B. K. Blake for Columbia; 13 by Milton Schwarzwald for Universal; 37 by Paramount. 

In addition, a sports series was produced by Ben Schwalb for Columbia and Historical shorts 
were made by John T. Doran at the Film Art. 



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IMPORTANT MOTION PICTURE 

TELEPHONE NUMBERS 

in LOS ANGELES 



STUDIOS 

Animated Pictures Corp OXford 9063 

Associated Cinema Studios HEmpstead 2131 

Chas. Chaplin HEmpstead 2141 

Columbia Studios Hollywood 3181 

Conn Studios Hillside 7431 

Darmour GRAnite 1166 

Walt Disney MOrningside 12131 

Educational Hillside 2155 

Freeman Lang HEmpstead 2131 

General Service GRanite 3111 

Grand National GRanite 6131 

Harman-lsing HOIIywood 1474 

Hollywood Film Enterprises HEmpstead 2181 

Hollywood Studios OLympia 2131 

International Film Studios OLympia 2978 

Major Pictures H lllside 781 1 

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer REpublic 021 1 

Charles Mintz HOIIywood 2907 

Paramount Prods HOIIywood 241 1 

RKO-Radio HOIIywood 591 1 

Reliable Studios HOIIywood 9024 

Republic NOrth Hollywood 1101 

Hal E. Roach PArkwayllSI 

Schulberg, B. P Hillside 7101 

Selznick International REpublic 0252 

Twentieth Century-Fox CRestview 51 1 1 

Western Avenue HOIIywood 3141 

United Artists GRanite 51 1 1 

Universal HEmpstead 3131 

Vitagraph (Warner Bros.) OLympia 2136 

Victory Pictures SEquoia 2565 

Warner Bros. -First National (Burbank) 

Hollywood 1251 

Warner Bros. (Sunset Blvd.) HOIIywood 5811 

INDEPENDENT PRODUCERS 

Academy Pictures Hillside 7431 

Advance Pictures GLadstone 3774 

Affiliated British Productions GLadstone 5523 

Alexander Bros GRanite 6131 

Ambassador Pictures Hillside 7431 

Animated Film Co OXford 9063 

Associated Cinema Studios HEmostead 2131 

Atherton Prods., Inc GRanite 6141 

B. J. S. Productions OLympia 2978 

Jed Buell Hillside 4516 

C. C. Burr MOrningside 1116 

Trem Carr HEmpstead 3131 

Cascade Productions OLympia 2978 

Celebrity Prods OXfoid 9063 

Century Pictures Corp HEmpstead 1191 

I. E. Chadwick OLIympia 2131 

Chesterfield Prods HEmpstead 4121 

Cohen, Emanuel Hillside 7311 

Colony Pictures GRanite 0604 

Condor Pictures GLadstone 7161 

Conn Pictures Corp OLympia 2978 

Coronet Productions GRanite 6131 

Cosmopolitan Prods HOIIywood 1671 

Crescent Pictures OLympia 2131 

Crime Cub Productions Hillside 7474 

Darmour GRanite 1166 

de Mille, Cecil HOIIywood 241 1 

Derr, E. B OLympia 21 3 1 

Walt Disney Productions MOrningside 12-131 

Dowling & Brownell MOrningside 12131 



Sam Efrus HEmpstead 1200 

Excelsior Pictures HOIIywood 5873 

Fairbank tr Carlisle GLadstone 7101 

Fairbanks, Douglas GRanite 5111 

Fidelity Pictures HOIIywood 1648 

Fox Productions HOIIywood 1648 

General Film Co Hillside 7474 

General Film Prods GLadstone 4604 

General Pictures Corp SEquoia 2791 

Gilliam, Rodney Hillside 2220 

Goldstone, Phil Hillside 7561 

Grand National GRanite 6131 

Grey, Zane FEderal 1321 

Goldwyn, Samuel GRanite 51 1 1 

Hackel, A. W Hillside 7178 

Halperin Bros Hillside 7431 

Harman-lsing Prods HOIIywood 1474 

Hirliman. George GLadstone 7161 

Hix, Poole & Kahn Hillside 7431 

M. H. Hoffman HEmpstead 4194 

Hollywood-on-Parade GRanite 8606 

Hughes Products HEmpstead 1181 

Invincible Pictures HEmpstead 4121 

Iwerks, "U.B." OXford 9063 

Jay Dee Kay Productions GRanite 3545 

Jones. Buck HEmpstead 3131 

Sam Katzman SEquoia 2565 

Kent, Willis GRanite 7447 

Kirkwood, Ray GRanite 1121 

Landres, M. M HEmpstead 1191 

Walter Lantz HEmpstead 3131 

Sol Lesser GRanite 6164 

Lewis Lewyn GRanite 8606 

Ralph M. Like OLympia 2978 

Harold Lloyd Prods GRanite 3111 

Loew, David L REpublic 0252 

MacLean, Douglas GRanite 6131 

Major Film Prods Hillside 7311 

Melody Pictures Hillside 7431 

Miller & Nagel HOIIywood 1648 

Metropolitan Industrial Ficts GRanite 3111 

Abe Meyer GLadstone 3106 

Charles Mintz HOIIywood 2907 

Monogram Pictures MOrningside 11191 

Newman, Bob HOIIywood 1648 

George O'Brien Pictures OLympia 2131 

Petroff, Boris OLympia 2131 

Principal Pictures Corp GRanite 6164 

Rainbow Classics HOIIywood 1648 

Randol Cooper Productions OLympia 2978 

B. B. Ray Prods HOIIywood 9024 

Reliance Pictures, Inc REpublic 0252 

Republic Prods NOrth Hollywood 1 1 01 

Richards. B. W REpublic 0252 

Frederick K. Rockett Co GRanite 7920 

Rodney-Gilliam Co Hillside 2220 

Royer, Fanchon Hillside 7431 

Royal Revues HOIIywood 1408 

-eon Schlesinger HOIIywood 4131 

B. P. Schulberg Hillside 7101 

Scientific Films, Inc GLadstone 7101 

Selznick International Pictures REpublic 0252 

Sentinel Productions, Inc GLadstone 6128 

Harry Sherman HOIIywood 1 101 

Strange As It Seems HEmpstead 4194 

Supreme Pictures Hillside 7178 

Tafs Tales Prods GLadstone 8822 

Technicolor Prods GRanite 1 101 

Trem Carr Pictures HEmpstead 3131 



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20th Century-Fox CRestview 5111 

United Process Studios GRanite 5954 

Victory Picts. Coip SEquoia 2565 

Walter Wanger Films, Inc Hillside 7401 

Weiss Bros OLympia 2978 

Richard P. Young Prods BUrbank 478 

Zeldman, B. F GRanite 6131 

ASSOCIATIONS 

Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences 

Gladstone 5131 

Actors' Equity Michigan 6593 

Actors Fund of America Michigan 6593 

All Year Club of Co. Calif VAn Dyke 2091 

American Actors & Actresses NOrmandie 8071 

American Society of Cinematographers. .GRanite 2135 
American Society of Composers, Authors and 

Publishers, Philip Cohen TRinity 3306 

American Society of Recording Artists 

WOodbury 61585 
American Society of Sound Engineers 

HEmpstead 9730 

Assistance League of So. Calif HOIIywood 1973 

Association of Motion Picture Producers 

Gladstone 6111 

Authors' Club Hillside 7497 

Breakfast Club OLympia 1916 

Call Bureau HOIIywood 7921 

Central Casting GArf ield 371 1 

Chamber of Commerce — Hollywood. HEmpstead 2121 
Chamber of Commerce — Los Angeles. .PRospect 3431 

Dominos HOIIywood 3157 

Film Technicians, Local No. 683, I.A.T.S.E. 

& M.P.M.O Hillside 7221 

Green Room Club HEmpstead 3184 

Hollywood Athletic Club HEmpstead 1161 

Hollywood Bowl Ass'n HOIIywood 3151 

Hollywood Legion Stadium HOIIywood 2951 

Hollywood Masonic Temple Ass'n. ... HOIIywood 9733 
Hollywood Studio Club (Y.W.C. A.) . Gladstone 3166 

L A. T. S. E Hillside 7221 

I. B. E. W. Studio Electricians Local Union 

No. 40 GRanite 5139 

Independent Motion Picture Producers 

HEmpstead 3440 
Independent Theater Owners of S. C.REpublic 5707 
Internationa! Association of Machinists, Local 

No. 311 VAn Dyke 5824 

International Photographers, Local No. 659, 

I. A. T. S. E Hillside 7221 

I.A.T.S.E., Local 37 HOIIywood 1152 

International Sound Technicians, Local No. 695, 

I.A.T.S.E. b M.P.M.O Hillside 7221 

Junior Screen Actors Guild CRestview 12166 

Junior Troupers Club HEmpstead 8414 

Laboratory Technicians & Film Editors, Local 

No. 683, I.A.T.S.E GRanite 5888 

Local No. 33, I.A.T.S.E. (Theater Stage Em- 
ployees Only) PRospect 9590 

Masquers HOIIywood 2164 

Mayfair Club YOrke 8131 

Motion Picture Operators Union PRospect 5481 

Motion Picture Relief Fund HOIIywood 3671 

Motion Picture Projectionists, Local No. 150 

!. A. T. S. E. and M. P. M. PRospect 5481 

Musicians Mutual Protective Association 

PRospect 6056 
Operative Plasterers and Cement Finishers In- 
ternational Association, Studio Local No. 755 

GRanite 8661 

Screen Actors' Guild CRestview 3101 

Screen Directors Guild GRanite 4646 

Screen Playwrights HEmpstead 9055 

Screen Talent Club MAdison 4971 

Screen Writers' Guild GLadstone 4181 

Society of Motion Picture Engineers. .HEmpstead 3171 
Studio Electricians and Sound Technicians, Local 

No. 40, I.B.E.W GRanite 5139 

Studio Labor Committee HOIIywood 3507 

Studio Technicians Local No. 37, I.A.T.S.E. 

and M.P.M.O HOIIywood 1152 

Studio Utility Workers, Local No. 724 

Hollywood 0105 
The Troupers HOIIywood 9734 



233 Club GLadstone 6233 

United Scenic Artists of America. . .HEmpstead 3204 

West Coast Studio Locals I.A.T.S.E Hillside 7221 

Women's Club of Hollywood GRanite 8301 

AIR LINES 

American Airlines HOIIywood 3914 

Flagship Sleeper HOIIywood 3914 

TWA Michigan 8881 

United Air Lines HOIIywood 3173 

HOTELS AND APARTMENTS 

Ambassador DRexel 701 1 

Beverly-Wilshire OXford 7111 

Biltmore Michigan 101 1 

Canterbury Apartments GRanite 4171 

Castle Argyle Arms HOIIywood 2141 

Chateau de Fleurs GRanite 5101 

Chateau Elysee HOIIywood 2171 

Chateau Marmont HOIIywood 291 1 

Christie HOIIywood 2241 

Cocoanut Grove Ambassador Hotel DRexel 7011 

Colonial House Hillside 9803 

Country Club Manor GRanite 9000 

El Royale Apts HOIIywood 1131 

Garden of Allah HOIIywood 3581 

Gaylord, Apts Exposition 4161 

Hermoyne HOIIywood 3661 

Holywood A. C HEmpstead 1 161 

Hollywood Knickerbocker GLadstone 3171 

Hollywood Plaza Hotel GLadstone 1131 

Hollywood Studio Club GLadstone 3166 

La Belle Tour HOIIywood 3621 

Los Angeles Athletic Club MAdison 2211 

Ravenswood HOIIywood 5391 

Roosevelt Hotel HOIIywood 2442 

The Town House Exposition 1234 

Sunset Towers Hillside 7171 

Warner-Kelton Hotel Hillside 1171 

NEWSPAPERS, TRADE PUBLICATIONS and 
FAN MAGAZINES 

American Cinematographer GRanite 2135 

Associated Publications GLadstone 1186 

Box Office GLadstone 1 1 86 

Cinelandia PRospect 9094 

Daily Variety HOIIywood 1141 

Evening Herald-Express Richmond 4141 

Evening News PRospect 6121 

Fawcett Publications Hillside 7511 

FILM DAILY GRanite 6607 

Handibook, The GLadstone 4141 

Hollywood Citizen-News HOIIywood 1234 

Hollywood Low Down GRanite 1508 

Hollywood Magazine Hillside 7511 

Hollywood Now Hillside 1116 

Hollywood Reporter Hillside 7411 

Hollywood Review HEmpstead 5982 

Illustrated Daily News PRospect 2131 

International Photographer Hillside 7411 

Japanese Movie Magazine GRanite 9011 

Los Angeles Times MAdison 2345 

Los Angeles Examiner Richmond 1212 

Los Angeles News Michigan 1196 

Modern Screen HOIIywood 5144 

Motion Picture Daily GRanite 2145 

Motion Picture Herald GRanite 2145 

Motion Picture Magazine Hillside 7511 

Movie Mirror Hillside 5146 

Photoplay Hillside 5146 

The Post Record TUcker 1 121 

Screen Guilds' CRestview 12166 

Screen Romances HOIIywood 51 44 

Screenland Magazine GLadstone 5905 

Showmen's Trade Review HEmpstead 5982 

Silver Screen GLadstone 5905 

Studio Casting Directory GLadstone 120( 

Studio News HOIIywood 51 1 1 

Tower Magazine, Inc GRanite 516< 

Variety HOIIywood 1 141 

Bob Wagner's Script WOodbury 61040 



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IMPORTANT MOTION PICTURE 

TELEPHONE NUMBERS 

in NEW YORK 



THEATERS 

Astor LAckawanna 4-5482 

Cameo Wisconsin 7-1789 

Capitol COIumbus 5-1250 

Cinema de Paris ALgonquin 4-7661 

Criterion MEdallion 3-5020 

Embassy News Reel BRyant 9-2248 

55th Street Playhouse COIumbus 5-0425 

Globe MEdallion 3-1200 

Music Hall COIumbus 5-6535 

Palace BRyant 9-4300 

Paramount CHickering 4-7022 

Rialto Wisconsin 7-0206 

Rivoll Circle 7-1633 

Roxy Circle 7-6000 

Strand Circle 7-5900 

HOTELS 

Algonquin VAnderbilt 3-2500 

Ambassador Wickersham 2-1000 

Astor BRyant 9-2100 

Barbizon-Plaza Circle 7-7000 

Edison Circle 6-5000 

Lincoln Circle 6-4500 

Lombardy PLaza 3-8600 

Park Central Circle 7-8000 

Pierre REgent 4-5900 

Plaza PLaza 3-1740 

Plymouth Circle 7-8100 

Ritz Tower Wickersham 2-5000 

St. Moritz Wickersham 2-5800 

Savoy Plaza Volunteer 5-2600 

Sherry Netherland VOIunteer 5-2800 

Taft Circle 7-4000 

Victoria Circle 7-7800 

Waldorf-Astoria ELdorado 5-3000 

Warwick Circle 7-2700 

RESTAURANTS 

Algonquin VAnderbilt 3-2500 

Dinty Moore's CHickering 4-8642 

Sardi's LAckawanna 4-5785 

Tavern MEdallion 3-6761 

21 ELdorado 5-6500 

AIR LINES 

American Air Lines VAnderbilt 3-2580 

Eastern Air Lines MUrray Hill 2-8420 

TWA MUrray Hill 6-1640 

United Air Lines MUrray Hill 2-7300 

SPORT ARENAS 

Ebbets Field BUshwick. 4-8500 

Madison Square Garden COIumbus 5-6800 

Polo Grounds EDgecombe 4-8160 

Yankee Stadium JErome 7-3300 

RAW STOCK 

Agfa Ansco Circle 7-4635 

Brulatour, J. E., Inc FOrt Lee 8-2460 

Du Pont Film Mfg. Co Circle 6-3347 



Eastman Kodak Co MUrray Hill 2-6068 

Gevaert COIumbus 5-1223 

PRODUCERS-DISTRIBUTORS 

Alliance Films Corp Circle 6-3945 

American Tobis Corp COIumbus 5-5317 

Amity Pictures BRyant 9-2964 

Amkino Corp BRyant 9-7680 

Apex Films BRyant 9-3238 

Archland Productions COIumbus 5-0369 

Atlantic Pictures PEnnsylvania 6-7400 

Audio Productions Circle 7-1841 

Auten, Harold BRyant 9-9883 

Biake, B. K COIumbus 5-1854 

Bondy, Al Circle 6-6744 

Burroughs-Tarzan Circle 7-3993 

Celebrity Productions BRyant 9-6067 

Chesterfield M. P. Corp BRyant 9-6884 

Christie, Al RAvenswood 8-8300 

Columbia Pictures BRyant 9-7900 

Commodore Pictures PEnnsylvania 6-1354 

Condor Pictures, Inc MEdallion 3-2172 

Danubia Pictures BRyant 9-4175 

Du World Pictures MEdallion 3-2943 

Educational Pictures PEnnsylvania 6-7400 

FitzPatrick Pictures BRyant 9-4384 

Fleischer Studios Circle 6-0270 

Franco-American Film Corp ALgonquin 4-6980 

French Motion Picture Corp BRyant 9-0866 

Futter, Walter PEnnsylvania 6-8367 

Gaumont British LOngacre 5-5969 

General Foreign Sales MEdallion 3-3781 

Grand National Circle 6-2828 

Grantland Rice Pictures BRyant 9-4564 

Hoffberg, J. H., Co., Inc MEdallion 3-3813 

Ideal Pictures BRyant 9-4417 

Circle 6-0081 

Imperial Picture BRyant 9-8669 

Kinotrade BRyant 9-510/ 

Lenauer International Films, Inc Circle 7-6591 

Loew's Inc BRyant 9-7800 

March of Time VAnderbilt 3-2400 

Mentone Productions COIumbus 5-2266 

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer BRyant 9-7800 

Metropolis Pictures COIumbus 5-0425 

Modern Film Sales Corp BRyant 9-9635 

Monogram Pictures Corp COIumbus 5-7674 

Mutual Distributing Corp Circle 7-2641 

Nuovo Mondo Motion Pictures Circle 6-2240 

Paramount Pictures CHickering 4-7050 

Olympic M. P. Corp Circle 6-0650 

Pax Films MEdalion 3-3248 

Protex Trading Corp VOIunteer 5-3320 

RKO Radio Pictures COIumbus 5-6500 

Reliable Film Export Co MEdallion 3-0436 

Republic Pictures Circle 6-1840 

Roach, Hal BRyant 9-7266 

Spectrum Pictures BRyant 9-2964 

Sphinx Film Corp Wisconsin 7-6655 

Stage & Screen Productions Circle 7-3473 

Twentieth Century-Fox COIumbus 5-3320 

Ufa Film Corp BRyant 9-7890 

United Artists BRyant 9-7300 

Universal Pictures Circle 7-7100 

Van Beuren Corp MEdallion 3-2172 

Warner Bros Circle 6-1010 

Zeidman, B. F PEnnsylvania 6-8367 



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RAILROAD TERMINALS 

Grand Central VAnderbilt 3-9100 

Pennsylvania PEnnsylvanIa 6-5600 

STUDIOS 

Biograph Studio TRemont 8-5500 

Filmart Studfo RAymond 9-9300 

Fleischer Studio Circle 6-0270 

General Service Studio RAvenswood 8-8300 

Movietonews COIumbus 5-7200 

Paramount Newsreel MEdallion 3-4300 

Producers Service Studio BRyant 9-7754 

Reeves Sound Studio Circle 6-6686 

Vitaphone Studio Nightingale 4-8700 

West Coast Service Studio Circle 7-2062 

EXCHANGES 

American Trading Association BRyant 9-4312 

Aywon Exchange LAckawranna 4-7273 

Central Film Co LOngacre 5-6347 

Columbia Pictures LAckawanna 4-1742 

Film Exchange, Inc BRyant 9-4150 

Garrison Film Distributors BRyant 9-2580 

Grand National Circle 6-2828 

Guaranteed Pictures BRyant 9-4369 

Kleinerman, Morris CHickering 4-4955 

Loew's, Inc PEnnsylvania 6-9700 

Marcy Pictures Corp LAckawanna 4-3684 

Melbert Pictures, Inc LAckawanna 4-7273 

Monogram COIumbus 5-7674 

Paramount PEnnsylvania 6-5465 

Public Welfare Pictures AShland 4-2885 

RKO Distributing Corp CHickering 4-2400 

Republic Film Exchange MEdallion 3-4640 

Ross, Herman MEdallion 3-0436 

Syndicate Exchange LAckawanna 4-7273 

Times Pictures, Inc CHickering 4-0184 

Tower Productions MEdallion 3-4640 

Twentieth Century-Fox LAckawanna 4-0700 

United Artists LAckawanna 4-4721 

Universal (Big U) CHickering 4-0345 

Vitagraph, Inc CHickering 4-2200 

Warner Bros CHickering 4-2200 

COSTUMERS 

Brooks Costume Co PEnnsylvania 6-5582 

Eaves Costume Co BRyant 9-721 2 

FILM LIBRARIES 

General Film Library Circle 6-0081 

Kinogram Film Library BRyant 9-441 7 

Pictorial Film Library BRyant 9-4151 

Progress Film Library BRyant 9-5600 

Stone Film Library Circle 7-2980 

PROJECTION ROOMS 

Audio Public Projection Room ... .CHickering 4-6413 

FitzPatrick Projection Room BRyant 9-4384 

Lloyd's Projection Room BRyant 9-5600 

Miles Projection Room BRyant 9-5600 

TRAILERS 

National Screen Service BRyant 9-9800 

FILM DELIVERIES 

Daily Film Delivery LOngacre 5-4567 

Elk Film Delivery Circle 6-4994 

Prudential Film Distributors. .. .LAckawanna 4-6938 

State Film Delivery Circle 6-4994 

Tacme Film Service Circle 6-0662 

FORWARDERS 

Cofod, A. F. & Co., Inc BOwling Green 9-2533 

Massce & Co., Inc BRyant 9-3266 



LABORATORIES 

Cinelab, Inc COIumbus 

Consolidated Film Industries, Inc. . .COIumbus 

De Luxe Laboratories. Inc. (Fox) Circle 

Du-Art Film Laboratories, Inc COIumbus 

Filmlab, Inc BRyant 

Film Service Laboratories, Inc Circle 

H. E. R. Laboratories, Inc LOngacre 

Major Film Laboratories PEnnsylvania 

Malcolm Film Laboratories Circle 

Mercury Film Laboratories BRyant 

Paramount News Laboratory MEdallion 

Pathe Film Corp COIumbus 

Precision Film Laboratory BRyant 

Producers Laboratories, Inc Circle 

THEATER SUPPLY DEALERS 

Amusement Supply Co Circle 

Auditorium Supply Co MUrray Hill 

Badgley, G. J CHickering 

Behrend, M. P. Supply Co Circle 

Beseler, Charles Co GRamercy 

Blue Seal Sound Devices, Inc MEdallion 

Capitol M. P. Supply Co LOngacre 

Continental Theater Accessories Circle 

Crown M. P. Supplies Circle 

Andre Debrie BRyant 

Electrical Research Products, Inc COIumbus 

Eye Gate House, Inc BRyant 

General Register Corp BRyant 

General Talking Picture Corp Wisconsin 

International Projector Co BEekman 

Motion Picture Accessories LAckawanna 

National Theater Supply Co BRyant 

Neumade Products Corp MEdallion 

Newman's Camera Exchange LOngacre 

RCA Mfg. Co., Inc AShland 

Raven Screen Corp MUrray Hill 

S. 0. S. Corp CHickering 

Trans Lux Daylight Picture Screen 

Corp Circle 

Willoughby Camera Store PEnnsylvania 

ORGANIZATIONS 



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6-0850 
2-1995 
4-0572 
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5-3358 
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9-2954 
5-2200 
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9-6546 
7-8626 
3-2672 
4-0912 
9-2480 
3-3480 
5-8236 
4-7605 
5-2012 
4-1717 

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A.M.P.A. (Gordon White, President) 

COIumbus 5-3320 

Actors' Equity BRyant 9-3550 

Allied of New Jersey PEnnsylvania 6-8447 

American Federation of Musicians 

PEnnsylvania 6-2545 

American Projection Society LOngacre 5-8271 

Friars Club Circle 6-0282 

I.A.T.SE PEnnsylvania 6-0945 

Independent Thea. Owners Circle 6-6460 

ln*ernational Photographers Wisconsin 7-5448 

Lambs Club BRyant 9-8020 

Motion Picture Operators 

(Local 306) Wisconsin 7-3808 

Motion Picture Producers & Distributors of 

America BRyant 9-4000 

MPTOA Circle 6-6220 

Musicians' Union (Local 802) Circle 7-6482 

N. Y. A. C Circle 7-5100 

National Board of Review ALgonquin 4-8344 

N. Y. Film Board of Trade Wisconsin 7-7601 

T.O.C.C BRyant 9-2496 

TRADE PUBLICATIONS 

Billboard MEdallion 3-1616 

Box Office VAnderbilt 3-7138 

Film Curb Circle 7-6871 

FILM DAILY BRyant 9-7117 

Jay Emanuel Publications Circle 6-6220 

M. P. Daily & M. P. Herald Circle 7-3100 

Showmen's Trade Review BRyant 9-5606 

Variety BRyant 9-81 53 

Zifs Circle 7-7611 



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PRODUCTION 
CODE OF ETHICS 



» TEXT OF THE CODE WHICH IS HELD LARGELY RESPON- 
SIBLE FOR BETTER MOTION PICTURE STANDARDS 



PURPOSE of the Hays production code is to guide motion pictures so tliey may conform with 
"the highest possible social and community standards." Founded seven years ago and re- 
organized in 1934, its procedure now covers 11 distinct steps or moves, as follows: considera- 
tion and registration of titles offered for pictures in order to avoid the double meaning, suggestive 
or otherwise unsuitable; preliminary examination of the production possibilities of plays, books 
and stories; story conferences with studio executives during initial stages of production; careful 
study of scripts submitted by producers; story conferences to effect necessary revisions to make 
scripts conform with code standards; conferences during actual production; previewing of separate 
sequences during progress of production, preliminary previewing of pictures before they are finally 
edited; previewing of completed production; notifications of needed deletions and final approval 
of finished pictures. Under the self-regulatory plan, pictures approved are given a seal indicating 
the picture has complied with the code provisions. 

TEXT OF THE PRODUCTION CODE 

PRINCIPLES UNDERLYING THE CODE 

1. Motion picture producers recognize the high trust and confidence which have been placed 
in them by the people of the world, and they recognize their responsibility to the public because 
of this trust. 

2. Theatrical motion pictures (that is, pictures intended for the theater as distinct from pictures 
intended fcr churches, schools, lecture halls, educational movements, social reform movements, etc.) 
are primarily to be regarded as entertainment. Mankind has always regarded the importance of 
entertainment and its value in rebuilding the bodies and souls of human beings. 

3. It is recognized that there is entertainment which tends to improve the race (or at least to 
recreate and build human beings exhausted with the realities of life), and entertainment which tends 
to harm human beings, or to lower their standards of life and living. 

4. Motion pictures are an important form of art expression. Art enters immediately into the 
lives of human beings. The art of motion pictures has the same objectives as the other arts — the 
presentation of human thought, emotion, and experience, in terms of an appeal to the soul through 
the senses. 

5. In consequence of the foregoing facts the following general principles are adopted: 

No picture shall be produced which will lower the moral standards of those who see it. 

Hence, the sympathy of the audience should never be thrown to the side of crime, wrong- 
doing, evil or sin. 

Correct standards of life shall be presented on the screen, subject only to necessary 
dramatic contrasts. 

Law, natural or human, should not be ridiculed, nor shall sympathy be created for its 
violation. 

(Continued on page 45) 



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TEXT OF THE PRODUCTION CODE 

(Continued) 

^ PARTICULAR APPLICATIONS 

CRIMES AGAINST THE LAW 
These shall never be presented in such a way as to throw sympathy with the crime as against 
law and justice or to inspire others with a desire for imitation. 

1. Murder, (a) The Technique of murder must be pr-ssented in a way that will not inspire 
imitation, (b) Brutal killings are not to be presented in detail, (c) Revenge in modern times shall 
not be justified. 

2. Methods of Crime should not be explicitly presented, (a) Theft, robbery, safe-cracking, and 
dynamiting of trains, mines, buildings, etc., should not be detailed in method, (b) Arson must be 
subject to the same safeguards, (c) The use of firearms should be restricted to essentials, (d) 
Methods of smuggling should not be presented. 

3. Illegal drug traffic must never be presented. 

4. The use of liquor in American life, when not required by the plot or for proper character- 
ization, will not be shown. SEX 

The sanctity of the institution of marriage and the home shall be upheld. Pictures shall not 
infer that low forms of sex relationship are the accepted or common thing. 

1. Adultery, sometimes necessary plot material, must not be explicitly treated or justified, or 
presented attractively. 

2. Scenes of passion should not be introduced when not essential to the plot. In general, 
passion should be so treated that these scenes do not stimulate the lower and baser element. 

3. Seduction or Rape, (a) They should never be more than suggested, and only when essential 
for the plot, and even then never shown by explicit method, (b) They are never the proper subject 
for comedy. 

4. Sex perversion or any inference of it is forbidden. 

5. White slavery shall not be treated. 

6. Miscegenation is forbidden. 

7. Sex hygiene and venereal diseases are not subjects for motion pictures. 

8. Scenes of actual child birth, in fact or in silhouette, are never to be presented. 

9. Children's sex organs are never to be exposed. 

VULGARITY 
The treatment of low, disgusting, unpleasant, though not necessarily evil subjects, should be 
subject always to the dictates of good taste and regard for the sensibilities of the audience. 

OBSCENITY 
Obscenity in word, gesture, reference, song, joke or by suggestion, is forbidden. 

DANCES 
Dances which emphasize indecent movements are to be regarded as obscene. 

PROFANITY 
Pointed profanity or vulgar expressions, however used, are forbidden. 

COSTUME 

1. Complete nudity is never permitted. This includes nudity in fact or in silhouette, or any 
lecherous or licentious notice thereof by other characters in the picture. 

2. Dancing costumes intended to permit undue exposure or indecent movements in the dance 
are forbidden. RELIGION 

1. No film or episode may throw ridicule on any religious faith. 

2. Ministers of religion, in their character as such, should not be used as comic characters or 
as villains. 

3. Ceremonies of any definite religion should be carefully and respectfully handled. 

NATIONAL FEELINGS 

1. The use of the Flag shall be consistently respectful. 

2. The history, institutions, prominent people and citizenry of other nations shall be represented 
fairly. TITLES 

Salacious, indecent or obscene titles shall not be used. 

REPELLENT SUBJECTS 
The following subjects must be treated within the careful limits of good taste: 
1. Actual hangings, or electrocutions as legal punishments for crime. 

2. Third Degree methods. 4. Branding of people or animals. 

3. Brutality and possible gruesomeness. 5. Apparent cruelty to children or animals. 

6. Surgical operations. 



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COCK OF THE AIR THE BAT WHISPERS 

Chester Morris — Billie Dove — Moore — Catlett Chester Morris — Una Merkel 

FRONT PAGE STREET SCENE 

Menjou — O'Brien — Mary Brian — Horton — Sylvia Sydney — Estelle Taylor — Wm. Collier, 

McHugh — Summerville Jr. 

SKY DEVILS THE LOCKED DOOR 

Spencer Tracy — Boyd — Dvorak — Geo. Cooper Barbara Stanwyck — ZaSu Pitts 

SCARFACE RAIN 

Paul Muni— Dvorak— Raft— Armetta—Karloff joan Crawford— Walter Huston— Guy Kibbee 
— Barnett 

HELLS ANGELS ^ BROADV/AY GIRLS 

Jean Harlow-Ben Lyon-James Hall (Greek Had a Word) 

Blondell — Evans — Claire 

BIG HOUSE FOR GIRLS 

Maureen O'Sullivan— Betty Compson— TONIGHT OR NEVER 

Joan Warburton Swanson — Douglas — Karloff — Skipworth 



HELL HARBOR HALLELUJAH I'M A BUM 

Lupe Velez — Jean Hersholt Jolson 



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PRODUCTION PERSONALITIES 

(Continued front page 35) 



Scott R. Dunlap heads the Monogram forces, with Ken Goldsmith, Mrs. Wallace Reid and 
Lon Young as his producers. 

B. F. Zeldman, Richard A. Rowland, Victor Schertzinger, Zion Myers, Bud Barsky, David Dia- 
mond and Al Herman are among the producers at Grand National. M. H. Hoffman is in charge 
of production for Condor. 

Samuel Goldwyn, iDavid O. Selznick, Walter Wanger and Charlie Chaplin are the California 
producers for United Artists. 

B. P. Schulberg, Hal Roach, Emanuel Cohen, Harry Sherman, Harold Lloyd, Sol Lesser, George 
Hirliman, Buck Jones and Larry Darmour are independent producers, whose pictures are being 
released by major companies. The General Film company will make the "Crime Club" series 
for Universal release. Among the producers for the independent market are E. B. Derr, A. W. 
Hackel, Maurice Conn, Reliable, Fanchon Royer, Fenn Kimball, C. C. Burr, Edward and Victor 
Halperin, Mitchell Leichter, Sam Katzman, Cantabria, Jed Buell, Weiss Bros. 



PUBLICITY 

(Continued frovi page 31) 



advertising and exploitation men. Obviously, teamwork between these and producing company 
publicists has resulted in building b.o. receipts. 

Another important step taken of recent years by producing companies is their alliance with 
national advertising agencies whereby the latter's knowledge and experience is added to that of 
the producer's own departments engaged in the merchandising of pictures. Recently, the results 
of this particular alliance are beginning to show more and more, and, as a consequence, the 
theatres of the nation are profiting accordingly. 

The 1936-37 season has already been productive of advertising whose forcefulness and effec- 
tiveness on the public is strikingly evidenced. This is true not only of regularly prepared adver- 
tising directly relating to a given picture, but also of institutional advertising, which is winning 
increasing favor with the big picture makers. Producers have learned much in the past few 
years of strategic procedure in applying advertising. Through the more logical and efficient con- 
centration and distribution of copy, the benefits gained by the key houses now reach out in a 
cumulative way to the smallest types of theatres in all territories. Long before the individual 
exhibitor receives a picture for his screen, his potential patronage is pretty well apprised of its 
merits, stressed as they are hammer-like force during the entire period from the film's birth to the 
time it moves down through the secondary stands. 



TECHNICAL 

(Continued from page ii) 



more general use. This method claims to increase the resolution of the sound track, reduce 
fogging due to halation and to decrease the chromatic aberration of the lens system. 

RCA introduced its non-slip printer with ultra violet-printing which appears to show con- 
siderable improvement over existing printers. 

Erpi brought out the W.E. high-quality, heavy-duty reproducer, set, coded TA-7400, forming part 
of the Mirrophonic sound system. It has a sealed precision kinetic scanner to insure uniform speed 
of film propulsion and uses the latest type of projection optical scanning capable of accommodating 
single push-pull or double-track sound. 

RCA announced a new type of 1060 high-fidelity sound attachment which may be used to 
reproduce either push-pull or standard recordings. It also announced further improvements to its 
high-fidelity, two-way loud speaker, and also its type PG-105 theater sound reproducing equipment 
for theaters up to 500 capacity. 

International Projector Corp. announced a new Super Simplex pedestal, said to permit a 
steadiness hitherto unequalled. An intermittent sprocket that is hardened and accurately ground 
was introduced for use with the Simplex projecting mechanism. 

Erpi announced a new type double-film attachment as an adjunct to the new W.E. heavy-duty 
reproducer. It provides a means for reproducing separate sound and picture records on 1,000-ft. 
reels and permits the use of 2,000-ft. reels when single film is run. 



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PRODUCTION 
PROGRAMS 



FOR 1937-1938 



THE 1937 FILM DAILY PRODUCT GUIDE AND DIRECTORS' ANNUAL 

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JEANETTE MacDONALD 

in 

"The Lottery Bride" 

with 

JOE E. BROWN - - - JOHN GARRICK 

and ZASU PITTS 

Directed by Paul L. Stein 

Music by Rudolph FrimI 

]\ORMA TALMADGE 

in 

"Du Barry" 

with 

CONRAD NAGEL - - - WILLIAM FARNUM 

and ALLISON SKIPWORTH 

A Sam Taylor Production 

DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS 

in 

"Reaching for the Moon" 

with 

EDWARD EVERETT HORTON - - - BEBE DANIELS 

and BING CROSBY 

Directed by Edmund Goulding 

Music by Irving Berlin 

CHESTER MORRIS 

in 

"Corsair" 

with 

NED SPARKS - - - FRANK McHUGH 

and Alison Loyd 

Directed by Roland West 

GLORIA SWAI\SOI\ 

in 

"Indiscreet" 

with 

BEN LYON and ARTHUR LAKE 

A DeSylva, Brown and Henderson Production 

Directed by Leo McCarey 



WALTER HUSTOl^ 

in 

"Abraham Lincoln" 

with 

UNA MERKLE and IAN KEITH 

Directed by D. W. Griffith 

DOLORES DEL RIO 

"The Bad One" 

with 

EDMUND LOWE 

A George FItzmaurice Production 

FANXIE BRICE 

"Be Yourself" 

with 

ROBERT ARMSTRONG - - - HARRY GREEN 

Directed by Thorton Freeland 

HARRY RICHMAIV 

in 

"Puttin' on the Ritz ' 

with 

JOAN BENNETT 

JAMES GLEASON and AILEEN PRINGLE 

Directed by Edward H. Sloman 

Music by Irving Berlin 

XORMA TALMADGE 

in 

"New York Nights" 

with 

GILBERT ROLAND and ROSCOE KARNS 

A Lewis Milestone Production 



•OVERTURE OF 1812" 
THE IRISH FANTASY" 
THE AMERICANS COME" 



AND SEVEN ONE REEL MUSICALS 

Produced by Hugo Riesenfeld 

"THE GLORIOUS VAMP" 
"THE WIZARD APPRENTICE' 
"ZAMPA" 
THE SECOND HUNGARIAN RHAPSODY" 



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1937-1938 PRODUCT 



AN ALPHABETICAL LIST OF PICTURES AND STORY PROP- 
ERTIES PLANNED FOR 1937-1938 PRODUCTION 



NOTE: For more detailed information on pictures turn to PROGRAMS for 1937-1933 (page 61), in 
which ore listed pictures by producers and distributors, and when possible, casts and other 
production credits. 



A. B. C. Murders M-G-M 

A Brivele Der Mamen Sphinx 

Abraham Lincoln (revival) Artcinema 

Action for Slander United Artists 

Ada to Nie Wypada Hoffberg 

Adventure for Three M-G-IVI 

Adventure's End Universal 

Adventures of Marco Polo United Artists 

Adventures of Robin Hood Warners 

Adventures of Tom Sawyer United Artists 

Age for Love (revival) Atlantic 

Air Dodgers Advance 

Alexander's Ragtime Band 20th Century-Fox 

Algeria M-G-M 

AH Baba Goes to Town 20th Century-Fox 

Alias the Shadow Grand National 

All American Girl Republic 

All Hands on Deck Republic 

All the Brothers Were Valiant M-G-M 

Always Tomorrow M-G-M 

American Flaggs, The M-G-M 

Anchor Man M-G-M 

And It All Came True Warners 

And So Victoria M-G-M 

Angel Paramount 

Angel Eyes Paramount 

Annapolis Salute RKO 

Annie Laurie World 

April in Your Eyes Mentone 

Arabian Nights United Artists 

Aren't Men Beasts Alliance 

Argentine Love Paramount 

Arizona Ames .' . . . ' Paramount 

Arizona Gun Fighter Republic 

Arizona Ranger Grand National 

Arouse and Beware M-G-M 

Artists and Models Paramount 

As Thousands Cheer M-G-M 

At Your Service 20th Century-Fox 

Atlantic Flight Monogram 

Bachelor Girl's Diary Imperial 

Back from Reno Imperial 

Back in Circulation Warners 

Bad One, The (revival) Artcinema 

Baltic Deputy Amkino 

Bandit King, The General Pictures 

Barrier. The Paramount 

Bat Whispers, The (revival) Atlantic 

Be Yourself (revival) Artcinema 

Beau Geste Paramount 

Beauty Racket Imperial 

Beethoven Concerto Amkino 

Behind the Mike Universal 

Bella Donna Olympic 

Benefits Forgot M-G-M 

Best Dressed Woman in Paris M-G-M 

Big Broadcast of 1938 Paramount 

Big City M-G-M 

Billy the Kid. Jr General Pictures 

Black Aces Universal 

Black Cruise, The French M. P. Corp. 

Blazing Barriers ...;.-.. .\ .-.. . Monogram 

Blind Justice Olympic 

Blonde Dynamite Universal 

Blue Blood M-G-M 

Bluebeard's Eighth Wife Paramount 



Bonanza Paramount 

Booloo Paramount 

Boots and Saddles 20th Century-Fox 

Boots and Saddles Republic 

Boots of Destiny Grand National 

Born to Be Wild Republic 

Bots of Lonely Valley Universal 

Boy Meets Girl Warners 

Boy of the Streets Monogram 

Bride for Henry, A Monogram 

Bride Steps Out, The 20th Century-Fox 

Bride Wore Red, The M-G-M 

Bright Boy Grand National 

Bright Girl M-G-M 

Broadway Melody of 1938 M-G-M 

Broken Controls Advance 

Broken Melody Olympic 

Buccaneer Paramount 

Buckskin Border Figliter Imperial 

Buffalo Country Grand National 

Bulldog Drummond at Bay Alliance 

Calgary or Bu: t Republic 

Call Back Love Paramount 

Call the Mesquiteers ! Republic 

Calling All Cowboys Republic 

Campus Scandals Warners 

Caprice M-G-M 

Captain Moonlight Olympic 

Career in C-Major 20th Century-Fox 

Carelessly United Artists 

Carnival Queen Universal 

Casino Warners 

Cat Across the Path M-G-M 

Chalked Out Warners 

Charlie Chan at College 20th Century-Fox 

Charlie Clian in Radio City . . . .20th Century-Fox 

Charlie Chan on Broadway 20th Century-Fox 

Chocolate Parade Paramount 

Circus Lady Monogram 

Circus Queen General Pictures 

Circus Saran Viennese 

City Cousins 20th Century-Fox 

Cloistered Mutual 

Cock of the Air (revival) Atlantic 

Code of the Range Monogram 

College Nights Republic 

College Sweetheart Monogram 

College Swing Paramount 

Collusion Warners 

Colorado Kid Republic 

Come On Leathernecks Republic 

Comet Over Broadway Warners 

Composite Man. The M-G-M 

Conquest M-G-M 

Corsair (revival) Artcinema 

Count of Luxembourg, The Paramount 

Country Beyond. The Monogram 

Country Fair. The Monogram 

Couple of Quick Ones, A M-G-M 

Courage of Texas Ryan Republic 

Courthouse Square M-G-M 

Cowboy and the Lady, The United Artists 

Cowboy Cavalier Imperial 

Crashing the Front Page Republic 

Crime for Sale Republic 

Crimson Circle ;•. World 



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Courageous (2) Black Legion (3) The 
Good Earth (4) TSAR TO LENIN . . ." 
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To Be Released October 1937 



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1937-1938 PRODUCT 



Crouching Beast Olympic 

Crusade Against Rackets Jay Dee Kay 

Dance, Fool, Dance 20th Century-Fox 

Dance for the Lady Paramount 

Danger — Love at Work 20th Century-Fox 

Danger Valley Monogram 

Dark Journey United Artists 

Daughter of Rosie O'Grady, The Universal 

Daughter of the Tong Paramount 

Dawn to Dusk Advance 

Dead End United Artists 

Declasse M-G-M 

Desert of Missing Men Republic 

Desert Scout Imperial 

Desert Song, The Warners 

Devil Passes, The M-G-M 

Devil's Highway 20th Century-Fox 

Diamond Trust, The United Artists 

Distaff Side, The M-G-M 

Divorce of Lady X United Artists 

Divorce Racket Ideal 

Dr. Knock French M. P. Corp. 

Dominant Sex, The Alliance 

Don't Forget to Remember RKO 

Double or Nothing Paramount 

Double Wedding M-G-M 

Du Barry (revival) Artcinema 

Duchess of Broadway United Artists 

Duke Comes Back, The Republic 

Dynamite Grand National 

Earl of Chicago United Artists 

Edd Tide Paramount 

Empty World GB Pictures 

Enchanted Mesa General Pictures 

English Derby Paramount 

Episode Warners 

Eva Viennese 

Everybody Was Nice Warners 

Exposure M-G-M 

Face the Facts Grand National 

Fall of Kimas Lake, The Amkino 

False Colors Monogram 

False Dreams Farewell M-G-M 

Family Affair, A M-G-M 

Far East Amkino 

Far Off Hills, The M-G-M 

Farewell Again United Artists 

Federal Bullets Monogram 

Felix M-G-M 

Ferike As Guest Artist M-G-M 

S2nd Street United Artists 

Fight for Your Lady RKO 

Fighting for Freedom Imperial 

Fighting Irish Republic 

Fighting Plainsman Imperial 

Finishing School M-G-M 

Firefly, The M-G-M 

First and the Last, The United Artists 

First Lady Warners 

First of the Month Series, The M-G-M 

Fit for a King RKO 

Flash Casey at the Third Alarm. . .Grand National 
Flash Casey, Candid Cameraman . . Grand National 

Flash Casey Covers a Murder Grand National 

Flight of Mercy Advance 

Follow the Sun 20th Century-Fox 

Food for Scandal Warners 

Forty Naughty Girls RKO 

Four Feathers United Artists 

45 Fathoms 20th Century-Fox 

Found Alive Ideal 

Foundry, The M-G-M 

Four Marked Men Republic 

Four Marys, The M-G-M 

Four Masked Men Olympic 

Four Men and a Prayer 20th Century-Fox 

Frat House M-G-M 

Freckles Comes Home Monogram 

Free to Live 20th Century-Fox 

French Quarter, The M-G-M 

Frenchy Warners 

Frontier Roundup Grand National 



Fu Manchu Paramount 

Galloping Thru Astor 

Gamblers, The Warners 

Gardener Amkino 

Gay Bargain, The 20th Century-Fox 

Genius Murder Case General Pictures 

Get Your Man Republic 

Ghost Camera Olympic 

Giant Swing 20th Century-Fox 

Girl from Georgia Ideal 

Girl I Loved, The Republic 

Girl in a Cage, The RKO 

Girl Must Live, A GB Pictures 

Girl Next Door, The Monogram 

Girl of the Golden West M-G-M 

Girl Pat, The GB Pictures 

Girl Said No, The Grand National 

Git There Stroke!, The M-G-M 

Glamorous Lady GB Pictures 

Glamorous Night Alliance 

Gobsek Amkino 

God s Country and the Man Monogram 

Gold Diggers in London Warners 

Gold Eagle Guy M-G-M 

Gold Is Where You Find It Warners 

Goldwyn Follies United Artists 

Gone With the Wind Selznick-International 

Good Night, Ladies Paramount 

Goodbye, Mr. Chips M-G-M 

Gorgeous Grand National 

Government Agent Grand National 

Gram .... M-G-M 

Grandeur Et Decadence French M. P. Corp. 

Great Canadian, The M-G-M 

Great Garrick, The Warners 

Great Laughter ' ' M-G-M 

Great Lie The Warners 

Great Waltz, The M-G-M 

Green Grow the Lilacs M-G-M 

Halfway House ,,[ M-G-M 

Hallelujah I'm a Bum (revival) ..Atlantic 

Harbourmaster, The M-G-M 

Having Wonderful Time .RKO 

He Was Her Man 20th Century-Fox 

Head Hunters of Borneo Mutual 

Headline Huntress 20th Century-Fox 

Heart of the Rockies Republic 

Heidi 20th Cetitury-Fox 

Hell s Angels (revival) Atlantic 

Hell's Belles United Artists 

Her Excellency's Cigar Store M-G-M 

Her Jungle Love Paramount 

Here s Flash Casey Grand National 

g'.gh Treason Olympic 

High, Wide and Handsome Paramount 

His Master's Voice 20th Century-Fox 

Hit Parade of 1938 Republic 

Hollywood Band Wagon .' Republic 

Honeymoon in Reno United Artists 

Honolulu M-G-M 

Honolulu Holiday ..'.'.'.'.'.. Republic 

Honolulu Honeymoon Grand National 

Honor Among Women Imperial 

Honor of the Mounted Astor 

Hoosier Schoolboy Monogram 

Hot Millions Republic 

Hot Water 20th Century-Fox 

Hudson's Bay Company 20th Century-Fox 

Hurricane, The United Artists 

I Give My Heart Hoffberg 

I Have Married an Angel M-G-M 

I Love You Again M-G-M 

I Met My Love Again United Artists 

Idiot's Delight M-G-M 

Idol of the Crowds Universal 

If I Were You M-G-M 

Immortal Melodies Viennese 

In Old Chicago 20th Century-Fox 

Indiscreet (revival) Artcinema 

Invitation to the Waltz Hoffberg 

Irene RKO 

Island in the Sky 20th Century-Fox 



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1937-1938 PRODUCT 



Island of Forgotten Men Republic 

It's Love I'm After Warners 

Janosik French M. P. Corp. 

Jean 20th Century-Fox 

Jerome Perreau French M. P. Corp. 

Jesse James 20th Century-Fox 

Jester, The Sphinx 

Jezebel Warners 

Joy of Living, The RKO 

Jungle Gigolo Ideal 

Kathleen Mavourneen Hoflfberg 

Katinka M-G-M 

Kelly and Stone in the Air Corps. . Grand National 
Kelly and Stone in the Army .... Grand National 
Kelly and Stone in the Marines . . Grand National 

Kelly and Stone in the Navy Grand National 

Kidnapped 20th Century-Fox 

Kim M-G-M 

King of the Sierras Grand National 

Kiss in Paris, A United Artists 

Knight Without Armor United Artists 

L'Adventurier French M. P. Corp. 

La Maison de Moliere French M. P. Corp. 

La Maternelle French M. P. Corp. 

Le Tendre Ennemie World 

La Tendresse M-G-M 

La Vengeance De Siva French M. P. Corp. 

Ladies Make News Republic 

Lady Comes to Town, A M-G-M 

Lady Fights Back, The Universal 

Lady of La Paz GB Pictures 

Lancer Spy 20th Century-Fox 

Land of the Sky Blue Water Monogram 

Larger Than Life Warners 

Last Frontier, The Monogram 

Last Night, The Amkino 

Last Year's Kisses 20th Century-Fox 

Law Comes to the Badlands Imperial 

Law for Tombstone Universal 

Law Man from Montana Imperial 

Law of the Black Hills Grand National 

Le Gendre De Monsieur Poirier. French M. P. Corp. 

Le Rosaire French M. P. Corp. 

Legion of Mission Men Monogram 

Les Deux Gamines French M. P. Corp. 

Let's Make a Night of It Alliance 

Les Petites AUiees French M. P. Corp. 

Let's Be Candid Universal 

Life and Loves of Bethoven World 

Life and Loves of Victor Herbert .... Paramount 

Life Begins in College 20th Century-Fox 

Life of Burden Paramount 

Life of Emile Zola Warners 

Life of the Party, The RKO 

Light That Failed, The Paramount 

Little Dynamite 20th Century-Fox 

Live, Love and Learn M-G-M 

Living in a Big Way M-G-M 

Locked Door, The (revival) Atlantic 

Lola Montez M-G-M 

Longest Night, The M-G-M 

Look Out for Love GB Pictures 

Look Out, Mr. Moto 20th Century-Fox 

Lost Horizon Columbia 

Lost Horizons M-G-M 

Lottery Bride (revival) Artcinema 

Lottery Mystery Grand National 

Love and Hisses 20th Century-Fox 

Love Below Freezing RKO 

Love Me Again Grand National 

Love on Toast Paramount 

Love Runs Into Money Grand National 

Love Takes a Walk Imperial 

Love Takes Flight Grand National 

Love Under Fire 20th Century-Fox 

Luck of Roaring Camp Monogram 

Luck of the Navy Alliance 

Lucky Night M-G-M 

Mad About Music Universal 

Mad Age Ideal 

Madame X M-G-M 



Maiden Voyage M-G-M 

Man from Death Valley Astor 

Man from Hell's River Monogram 

Man from Music Mountain Republic 

Man from New Mexico Astor 

Man in Evening Clothes Paramount 

Man Proposes M-G-M 

Man with Ten Models United Artists 

Man's Country Monogram 

Manana Paramount 

Manhattan Merry-Go-Round Republic 

Manhattan Tower Ideal 

Mannequin M-G-M 

Manon Lescaut M-G-M 

Marie Antoinette M-G-M 

Marinella French M. P. Corp. 

Marines Are Here, The Monogram 

Marquise de Pompadour Viennese 

Mary Rose of Mifflin M-G-M 

Masked Rider, The Imperial 

Masquerade in Vienna World 

Master Dynamite General Pictures 

Maternite French M. P. Corp. 

Maybe It's Love Grand National 

Meet the Duchess Republic 

Meet the Girls 20th Century-Fox 

Men from Guiana M-G-M 

Men with Wings Paramount 

Merrily We Roll Along M-G-M 

Merry-Go-Round of 1937 Universal 

Metropolitan Police Universal 

Midnight Paramount 

Midnight Raiders Universal 

Mightier Than the Sword Universal 

Mr. and Mrs. Washington M-G-M 

Mr. Nickelby Sits Down 20th Century-Fox 

Mrs. Van Kleek M-G-M 

Mizzi Viennese 

Mile. Josette, Ma Femme ! . . . . French M. P. Corp. 

Mile. Mozart French M. P. Corp. 

Model Murder, The Imperial 

Molly, Bless Her M-G-M 

Monks, The World 

Montana Mutiny Grand National 

Moonstruck 20th Century-Fox 

More Sunshine Alliance 

Mother Knows Best 20th Century-Fox 

Murder at the Rancho Grand National 

Murder by Appointment Olympic 

Murder Goes to Jail Paramount 

Murder in the Air General Pictures 

Murder in the Red Barn Olympic 

Murder in the Supreme Court Imperial 

Music for Madame RKO 

Mustang Round-up Grand National 

Mute Knight, The M-G-M 

Mutiny in Skeleton Canyon Republic 

Mutiny in the Mountains United Artists 

My Dear Miss Aldrich M-G-M 

My Girl Friday M-G-M 

My Old Kentucky Home Monogram 

My Song of Love World 

My Wife M-G-M 

My Wondering Daughter Imperial 

My World Paramount 

Nancy Stair M-G-M 

National Velvet M-G-M 

Native Son Returns, A M-G-M 

Navy Blue and Gold M-G-M 

Navy Bride Republic 

Negligee Imperial 

New Faces of 1938 RKO 

New Gulliver, The Mutual 

New York Nights (revival) Artcinema 

Neznate Hadirmshu Hoffberg 

Night Club Queen Olympic 

Night Edition General Pictures 

Niglit in Glengyle M-G-M 

Night Landing Advance 

Night of Crime Imperial 

Night of Mystery Paramount 



55 



MAX GORDON PLAYS & PICTURES 



INCORPORATED 



Harry M. Goetz 

President 

Max Gordon 

Vice-President and 
General Manager 

Marcus Heiman 

Secretary and 
Treasurer 



First Production, "THE WOMEN 



// 



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1937-1938 PRODUCT 



Ninety Degrees South World 

No Hero M-G-M 

No Longer His Woman Imperial 

Non-Stop New York GB Pictures 

Norwich Victims, The Alliance 

Not Too Narrow, Not Too Deep M-G-M 

Nothing Sacred United Artists 

Numbered Woman Monogram 

Of Great Riches United Artists 

Old Barn Dance, The Republic 

On Such a Night Paramount 

On Your Toes Warners 

Once There Was a Prisoner M-G-M 

Once Upon a Time M-G-M 

One Came Home M-G-M 

One Every Minute M-G-M 

100 Men and a Girl Universal 

One Mile from Heaven 20th Century-Fox 

Orchid Girl Grand National 

Outer Gate, The Monogram 

Outlaws of Sonora Republic 

Over She Goes Alliance 

Page Mr. Barker 20th Century-Fox 

Painter Trail, The Monogram 

Painter in the Sky Grand National 

Panama Canal Warners 

Paradine Case, The M-G-M 

Paradise Isle Monogram 

Paris Commune Amkino 

Paris Honeymoon Paramount 

Partners of the Trail Astor 

Party M-G-M 

Penrod and His Twin Brother Warners 

Penthouse Love Imperial 

Perfect Harmony RKO 

Perfect Specimen, The Warners 

Personal History United Artists 

Peter the First Amkino 

Petticoat Lane Imperial 

Phantom Cowboy Grand National 

Phantom Fiend Olympic 

Phantom of Santa Fe Hoffberg 

Photo-Finish Grand National 

Pierre of the Plains M-G-M 

Pitcairn's Island M-G-M 

Playboy, The United Artists 

Please Teacher Alliance 

Port of Missing Girls Monogram 

Postilion from Lonjumeau Viennese 

Prairie Wagon Imperial 

Prayer for My Sons, A Warners 

Prescription for Romance Universal 

Presenting Lily Mars M-G-M 

Pride and Prejudice M-G-M 

Primrose French M. P. Corp. 

Prince of Pilsen, The M-G-M 

Prison Farm Paramount 

Prison Nurse Republic 

Prison Ship General Pictures 

Prisoner of Zenda, The United Artists 

Prisoners Amkino 

Professor Beware Paramount 

Public Cowboy No. One Republic 

Purple Vigilantes, The Republic 

Putting on the Ritz (revival) Artcinema 

Queen of Burlesque Republic 

Queen of the Yukon Monogram 

Quo Vadis M-G-M 

Race the Sun M-G-M 

Racket Buster, The Republic 

Radio City Revels RKO 

Rage in Heaven M-G-M 

Rage of Paris, The Universal 

Rain (revival) Atlantic 

Reaching for the Moon (revival) Artcinema 

Red Gold Advance 

Red Mill. The M-G-M 

Rendezvous in Vienna Viennese 

Renfrew Gets His Man Grand National 

Renfrew in the North Country Grand National 

Renfrew of the Mounted Grand National 



Renfrew Rides Alone Grand National 

Rennie Peddigoe M-G-M 

Return of Fraw Dawson Republic 

Return of Maxim, The Amkino 

Return of Raffles, The Republic 

Return of the Thin Man M-G-M 

Revolt in Morocco World 

Riders of the Black Hills Republic 

Riders of the Dawn Monogram 

Ridin' Gent, A Monogram 

Ridin' the Lone Trail Republic 

Rings on Her Fingers 20th Century-Fox 

Road to Reno, The Universal 

Roadshow M-G-M 

Romance of the Rio Grande Monogram 

Roaring Wheels General Pictures 

Robin Hood M-G-M 

Rockabye Kid, The General Pictures 

Rogues' Gallery Grand National 

Roll Wagon Roll Republic 

RoUin' Plains Grand National 

Romance in the Hills Republic 

Romance of the Limberlost Monogram 

Room Service RKO 

Rosalie M-G-M 

Rulers of the Sea Paramount 

Sad Indian M-G-M 

Saddle Pals Republic 

Sailing Along GB Pictures 

Saleslady Monogram 

Sally, Irene and Mary 20th Century-Fox 

Sangen on Den Eldroda Blomman Hoffberg 

Sapphire Sal Paramount 

Saratoga Chips 20th Century-Fox 

Sari M-G-M 

Saturday's Heroes RKO 

Scandal Monogram 

Scarface (revival) Atlantic 

Scattered Seeds M-G-M 

Scooped Advance 

Sea of Grass M-G-M 

Second Honeymoon 20th Century-Fox 

Second Mrs. Lynton, The M-G-M 

Secret of Stamboul, The World 

Sehoy, Ahoy ! M-G-M 

Sensation Alliance 

Sh ! the Octopus Warners 

Shadow in Panama, The Grand National 

Shadow in Society, The Grand National 

Shadow of the Wing M-G-M 

Shadow Strikes, The Grand National 

Shadow's Disguise, The Grand National 

Shadows of the Orient Monogram 

Shanghai Deadline 20th Century-Fox 

Shannons of Broadway, The Universal 

Sherlock, Jr Olympic 

Shining Hour, The M-G-M 

Shooting for Glory Imperial 

Shopworn Angel M-G-M 

Show Goes On, The GB Pictures 

Show Shop, The M-G-M 

Silar Marner M-G-M 

Single Handed Sanders Astor 

Sister Act Warners 

Sisters, The Warners 

Six Girls and Death 20th Century-Fox 

Six Gun Courage Imperial 

Six Shooter Law Imperial 

Ski Chase, The World 

Skrivanci Risen Hoffberg 

Sky Devils (revival) Atlantic 

Sky Girl Imperial 

Slaves in Bondage Jay Dee Kay 

Slalom World 

Slight Case of Murder, A Warners 

Small Town Boy Grand National 

Smart Guy, The Republic 

Smiling Corpse, The Warners 

Snow Dust Monogram 

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs RKO 

So This Is Hollywood Grand National 



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1937-1938 PRODUCT 



Something to Sing About Grand National 

Sophie Lang Goes West Paramount 

Sophisticated Lady Imperial 

Souls at Sea Paramount 

South of Sante Fe Imperial 

South Riding United Artists 

Spain in Flames Amkino 

Spanish Omelet M-G-M 

Sparkle GB Pictures 

Spawn of the North Paramount 

Splinter Fleet 20th Century-Fox 

Spring Handicap Alliance 

Spring in My Heart United Artists 

Springtime M-G-M 

Spur of Pride. The M-G-M 

Squadron B Advance 

Stage Door RKO 

Stand-in United Artists 

Stand Up and Fight M-G-M 

Stanley and Livingstone 20th Century-Fox 

Stella Dallas United Artists 

Steppin' High Grand National 

Storm in a Teacup United Artists 

Stormy Weather Republic 

Story of San Michele. The Warners 

Street Scene (revival) Atlantic 

Street Without a Name World 

Strycek z Ameriky Hoflfberg 

Student Romance Hoffberg 

Submarine 262 Warners 

Substitute Prisoner General Pictures 

Sudden Bill Dorn Universal 

Summer Romance Paramount 

Susannah of the Mounties 20th Century-Fix 

Sweet and Hot Republic 

Sweetheart of the Navy Grand National 

Sweethearts M-G-M 

Swing Fever M-G-M 

Swing Your Lady Warners 

Telephone Operator Monogram 

Tell It to the Marines M-G-M 

Tempest Within, The United Artists 

Terror, The Alliance 

Test Pilot M-G-M 

Tex and the Boy Scouts Grand National 

Texas Trail Paramount 

Thank You. Mr. Moto 20th Century-Fox 

That Certain Woman Warners 

That's My Story Universal 

They Won't Forget Warners 

Thin Ice 20th Century-Fox 

Things Began to Happen Paramount 

Think Fast. Mr. Moto 20th Century-Fox 

Thirteen, The Amkino 

Thirteen and Lucky Grand National 

Thirteenth Guest, The Monogram 

Thirteenth Man. The Monogram 

This Way, Please Paramount 

This Woman Is Dangerous Warners 

Thoroughbreds Don't Cry M-G-M 

Three Broadway Girls (revival) Atlantic 

Three Comrades M-G-M 

Three Feet of Luck General Pictures 

Three Men in the Snow M-G-M 

Three Smart Girls Go to Town Universal 

Thunder in the Desert Republic 

Timber Line M-G-M 

Timberline Cowboys Republic 

Tonight or Never (revival) Atlantic 

Tonight We Live Universal 

Tonight's Our Night Warners 

Too Clever to Live Universal 

Topper M-G-M 

Tosspot M-G-M 

Trailing Trouble Grand National 

Trainin* Back Monogram 



Transgressor, The M-G-M 

Treachery Alliance 

Trigger Trio, The Republic 

Trip to New York, A 20th Century-Fox 

Triumph of Slierlock Holmes Olympic 

Troubadour in Trouble M-G-M 

True Confession Paramount 

Tsar to Lenin Lenauer International 

Two Fisted Justice Astor 

Two Gun Terror Imperial 

Two Thieves M-G-M 

Two Weil-Dressed Men Monogram 

USSR— 1937 Amkino 

Unconquered Woman, The GB Pictures 

Under His Spell French M. P. Corp. 

Utah Trail, The Grand National 

Vagabond King, The Paramount 

Valley of the Giants Warners 

Vanished Miniature, The M-G-M 

Vanishing Men Astor 

Varsity Show Warners 

Vein of Iron M-G-M 

Victoria the Great RKO 

Voice of India Hoffberg 

Wagons Westward Republic 

Wallaby Jim Below the Equator. .. Grand National 

Wallaby Jim of the Islands Grand National 

Wallaby Jim of the South Seas Grand National 

Wallaby Jim in Trouble Grand National 

Wajan : The Son of the Witch Mutual 

Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938 ... United Artists 

Wandering Jew, The Olympic 

Wanted at Headquarters Universal 

Wedding Dream GB Pictures 

Wedding of Palo Hoffberg 

We'll Fight for Texas Imperial 

Weeping Is for Women M-G-M 

Welcome Imposter, The Universal 

Wells Fargo Paramount 

West of Rainbow's End Monogram 

Western Gold 20th Century-Fox 

Westland Case, The Universal 

What Ho ! Paramount 

When the Devil Drives M-G-M 

Where the West Begins Monogram 

Whippersnapper General Pictures 

White Banners Warners 

White Horse Inn Warners 

Wife, Doctor and Nurse 20th Century-Fox 

Wild and Woolly 20th Century-Fox 

Wild Horse Rodeo Republic 

Wind and the Rain, The M-G-M 

Wire Tappers Grand National 

Without Warning Olympic 

Whirlwind Horseman Grand National 

With Livingston in Africa Mutual 

Wolf Call Monogram 

Woman Chases Man United Artists 

Woman of Spain M-G-M 

Woman in White, The Alliance 

Women at Play Imperial 

Wonder of the West Monogram 

World's in Love, The Viennese 

Wyoming Wildcat Imperial 

Yank at Oxford, A M-G-M 

Yankee Rider Grand National 

Yellow Cruite, The French M. P. Corp. 

Yellow Jacket M-G-M 

Yes My Darling Daughter Warners 

Yesterday's Cheers Paramount 

Yesterday's Kisses Universal 

Yiddle With His Fiddle Sphinx 

You and Me Paramount 

You Can't Have Everything 20th Century-Fox 

You're All I Want Warners 

Young Man's Fancy, A Universal 

Youth of the Poet Amkino 



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Producer 



Now Producing Series of Musical Featurettes for 
Columbia Pictures Corp. Release 



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PROGRAMS 

FOR 1937-1938 

• • m A GUIDE TO THE PRODUCT TO BE RELEASED 
DURING THE COMING SEASON 

NOTE: The following announcements are necessarily made in part in advance of actual production and are 
based on present plans. They therefore must not be considered and are not a part of any exhibition 
contract. The following data is arranged by companies; for an alphabetical list of features planned, 
turn to page 51. All data was corrected as of July 30. 

DISTRIBUTORS and PRODUCER-DISTRIBUTORS 



Features 



Shorts 



Company 



M 3 B£ 3 

— tC •- M 

M C 2 C 

en on 

Ul — J u. — ' 



Advance Pictures Corp 

Adventure Serials, Inc 

Alliance Films Corp 

American Tobis Corp 

Amkino Corp 

Artcinema Associates 

Astor Pictures 

Atlantic Pictures 

C. C. Burr 

Columbia Pictures 

Crescent Pictures 

Danubia Pictures 

Educational Pictures 

French Motion Picture Corp 

GB Pictures 

General Pictures Corp 

Grand National 

Guaranteed Pictures Co 

J. H. Hoffberg Co 

Ideal Pictures 

Imperial Pictures 

Jay Dee Kay Productions 

Kinotrade 

Lenauer International Films 

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 

Monogram Pictures 

Mutual Motion Picture Distributors. 

Olympic Pictures Corp 

Paramount Pictures 

Pictorial Films 

RKO Radio 

Republic Pictures 

Sphinx Films Corp 

William Steiner 

Twentieth Century-Fox 

Ufa Films 

United Artists 

Universal Pictures 

Viennese Film Co 

Warner Bros. -First National 

World Pictures Corp 



16 



10** 
8 
13** 
18 
62 
16 



12t 
14 
65 

7 
13 

6 
32 

4 

1 
44^: 
44 
12 
16 
50* 

56 
54 

12 
66 

36 
50 

60 



46 
15 



100 



26 



25* 

46t 42t 

2* 3* 



26 

41 
26 



20 



18 



4* 
71 



101 
13 
73 



1211 
20* 

42 

104 

5* 



6§ 



104 



104 

104 



104 
104 



TOTALS 805 



169 732 



162 



15 



16 



520 



* Foreign. 
** Revivals. 

t Physical distribution through 20th Century-Fox. 
t Minimum. 

§ Including four revivals. 

II 20th Century-Fox also handles physical distribution of the Educational Pictures 
shorts. 



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PRODUCTION PROGRAMS 



Advance Pictures Corp. 

PRODUCTION LINEUP, SEASON 1937-1938 
8 FEATURES 

SQUADRON B RED GOLD 

Cast: Bill Edwards; supervisor: Steve Wil- Supervisor: Steve Wilkinson; -wvHeT: H. H. 

kinson; writer: H. H. Van Loan. Van Loan. 

DAWN TO DUSK SCOOPED 

Supervisor: Steve Wilkinson; writer: H. H. Cast: Margaret Morris; supervisor: Steve 

Van Loan. Wilkinson; writer: H. H. Van Loon. 

BROKEN CONTROLS NIGHT LANDING 

Cast: Jo Ann Carr; supervisor: Steve Wil- Supervisor: Steve Wilkinson; writer: H. H. 

kinson; writer: H. H. Van Loan. Van Loan. 

AIR DODGERS FLIGHT OF MERCY 

Supervisor: Steve Wilkinson; writer: H. H. Supervisor: Steve Wilkinson; writer: H. H. 

Van Loan. Van Loan. 

PERSONNEL 

PRODUCERS: Mitchell Leichter, Steve Wilkin- STARS: Bill Edwards, Margaret Morris, Jo Ann 

son. Carr. 

DIRECTORS: Steve Wilkinson, J. Callahan. WRITER: H. H. Van Loan. 

DISTRIBUTORS 

Detroit: Excellent Pictures, 2310 Cass Ave. Cleveland: Imperial Pictures, 2100 Payne Ave. 

Buffalo: Film Qassic Exchange, 505 Pearl St. Cincinnati: Big Feature Rights Corp., 1623 

Pittsburgh: Monarch Pictures, 1623 Blvd. of the P tr 1 P rk 

Allies. en a a way. 

New York: Monogram Pictures Corp., 1270 Minneapolis: Elliott Film Exchange, 1111 First 

Sixth Ave. Ave. 

New York: Guaranteed Pictures Co., 729 Sev- Chicago: Central States Film Exchange, 1112 

enth Ave. _ . 

Philadelphia: Masterpiece Pictures, 1329 Vine guaranty ciag. 

St. Seattle: Federal Film Exchange, 211 Battery St. 

Adventure Serials, Inc, 

PRODUCTION LINEUP, SEASON 1937-1938 
4 SERIALS 

JUNGLE MENACE SECRET CF TREASURE ISLAND 

ADVENTURES OF THE MYSTERIOUS PILOT WILD BILL HICKOK 

Alliance Films Corp. 

DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM, SEASON 1937-1938 
16 FEATURES 

Produced in England by British International Pictures 

FEATURES SET 

GLAMOROUS NIGHT Mary Dlis, Victor Jory, Barry McKay; direc- 

Play; Ivor Novello; featuring: Otto Kruger, tor, Brian Desmond Hurst. 

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PRODUCTION PROGRAMS 



SENSATION 

Murder-Mystery; from "Murder Gang," by 
George Munro, Basil Dean; featuring: John 
Lodge, Diana Churchill, Francis Lister; di- 
rector: Brian Desmond Hurst. 

THE DOMINENT SEX 

Comedy-drama; by Michael Egan; featuring: 
Phillips Holmes, Diana Churchill, Romney 
Brent; director: Herbert Brenon. 

BULLDOG DRUMMOND AT BAY 

Drama; featuring: John Lodge, Dorothy Mac- 
kail, Claud Allister, Victor Jory; director: 
Roy William Neil. 

AREN'T MEN BEASTS 

Ploy by: Vernon Sylvanine; featuring: June 
Clyde, Bill Milton, Robertson Hare, Alfred 
iDroyton; director: Graham Cutis. 

THE NORWICH VICTIMS 

Mystery; featuring: Otto Kruger; by: Francis 
Beeding. 

PLEASE TEACHER 

Musical comedy; featuring: Bobby Howes; 
director: Stafford Dickens. 



LET'S MAKE A NIGHT OF IT 

Featuring: Buddy Rogers, June Clyde, Claire 
Luce, Zelma O'Neal, Molly Picon; director: 
Graham Cutis. 
SPRING HANDICAP 

Comedy; stars: Aileen Marson, Billy Milton, 
Will Fyffe, Marie O'Neill; director: Herbert 
Brenon. 

OVER SHE GOES 

Featuring: Stanley Lupine, Claire Luce, Gina 
Malo, Judy Kelly; director: Graham Cutts. 

THE TERROR 

By Edgar Wallace. 

THE WOMAN IN WHITE 

By Wilkie Collins. 
TREACHERY 

By Gilbert Frankau. 
MORE SUNSHINE 

Musical; star: Albert Burdon. 
THE LUCK OF THE NAVY 

Sea drama. 



American Tobis Corp. 

DISTRIBUTION LINEUP, SEASON 1937-1938 
46 FEATURES 



Produced in Europe 



DER TIGER VON ESCHNAPUR 

{The Tiger of Eschnapur); stars: Kitty Jant- 
zan. La Jana, Frits van Dongen, Theo Lin- 
gen, Alexander GoUing; director: Richard 
Eichberg. 

CONDOTIERRI 

Star and director: Luis Trenker. 

DAS INDISCHE GRABMAL 

(The Indian Tomb); cast: Kitty Jantzen, La 
Jana, Frits van Dongen, Theo Lingen, Alex- 
ander Gelling; director: Richard Eichberg. 

DAS SCHLOSS IN FLANDERN 

(The Castle in Flanders); cast: Martha 
Eggert, Paul Hartmann; director: Geza von 
Bolvary. 

WEISSE SKLAVEN 

(White Slaves); cast: Camilla Horn, Agnes 
Straub, Werner Hinz, Theodor Loos; direc- 
tor: Carl Anton. 

INTERMEZZO 

Cast: Tresi Rudolf, Albrecht Schoenhals; 
director: Josef von Baky. 

GEFAEHRLICHES SPIEL 

('Dangerous Game); cast: Jenny Jugo, Harry 
Liedtke; director: Erich Engel. 

REVOLUnONSHOCHZEIT 

(Revolution Wedding); cast: Gustav Frohlich, 
Brigitte Homey; director: H. Zerlett. 



ES GEHT UN MEIN LEBEN 

(I Fight for My Life); cast: Kitty Jantzen, 
Karl Ludwig Diehl; director: Richard Eich- 
berg. 

DAS GAESSCHEN ZUM PARADIES 

(Paradise Lane); cast: Hans Moser, Peter 
Bosse; director: Mac Fries. 
DIE GOETTLICHE JETTE 

(Jette, the Divine); cast: Grete Weiser, Fried- 
rich Benfer; director: Erich Waschneck. 

ALARM IN PEKING 

Cast: Leni Marenbach, Gustav Froelich, 
Peter Voss; director: Herbert Slepin. 

SEIN BESTER FREUND 

(His Best Friend); star and director: Harry 
Piel. 

TRUXA 

Cast: La Jana, Hans Stelzer; director: H. 
Zerlett. 

HERIATSINSTITUT IDA WUEST & CO. 

(Marriage Agency-Ida Wuest & Co.); cast: 
Ida Wuest, Rotraut Richter; director: Viktor 
Janson. 

ESKAPADEN 

(Escapade); cast: Renate Mueller, Georg 
Alexander; director: Erich Waschneck. 



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SEASON 1937-38 



HARRY SHERMAN 
PRODUCTIONS 

FOR 

PARAMOUNT PICTURES 

» » « « 

REX BEACH'S 
"THE BARRIER" 

WITH 

STELLAR CAST 
» » « « 



SIX CLARENCE E. MULFORD 

"HOPALONG CASSIDY" 

OUT-DOOR ACTION STORIES 
FEATURING 

WILUAM BOYD 

'HOPALONG RIDES AGAIN" "TEXAS TRAIL" 

'GUN SMOKE" "THE FRONTIERSMAN' 

'PARTNERS OF THE PLAINS" "CASSIDY OF BAR 20" 



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PRODUCTION PROGRAMS 



DIE NACHT MIT DEM KAISER 

(At the Emperor's Command); cast: Jenny 
Jugo, Friedrich Benfer, Hans Zesch-Ballot; 
director: Erich Engel. 

RASPUTIN 

Star: Emil Jannings; director: Gustav von 
Ucicky. 

DER ZERBROCHENE KRUG 

(The Broken Jug); cast: Emil Jannings, An- 
gela Sallocker; director: Gustav von Ucicky. 

MANEGE 

(Arena); cast: Atilla Hoerbiger, Albert Mat- 
terstock, Lucie Hoeflich, Fitz Benkhoff; di- 
rector: Carmine Gallone. 

DER UNWIDERSTECHLICHE 

(The Irresistible Man); cast: Anny Ondra; di- 
rector: Geza von Bolvary. 

DER MAULKORB 
(The Muzzle). 

FAHRENDES VOLK 

(Traveling People); cast: Francoise Rosay; 
director: Jacaues Feyder. 

DIE SCHAUSPIELERIN 

(The Actress); tentative cast: Hanna Ralph, 
Geraldine Katt; director: von Rabenalt. 

A SHOW FILM 

Cast: Anny Ondra, La Jana, Rudi Godden; 
director: Hans H. Zerlett. 

DIE GROSSE UND KIE KLEINE LIEBE 

(The Big and the Small Love); cast: Renate 
Mueller, Albert Matterstock. 

DIE AUSTERNLILLI 

(Oyster Lil); cast: Gusti Wolf, Herman 
Thimig, Oskar Sima, Theo Lingen; director: 
W. E. Emo; musical director: Robert Stolz. 

GABRIELLE 1-2-3 

Cast: Gustav Froehlich, Marianne Hoppe, 
Grete Weiser; director: Rolf Hansen; super- 
visor: Carl Froelich. 

MARSCH DER VETERANEN 
(March of the Veterans). 

DIE UMWEGE DES SCHOENEN KARL 

(The Adventures of a Waiter); cast: Heinz 
Ruehmann; director: Carl Froelich. 

KORALLENPRINZESSIN 

(The Coral Princess); cast: Ita Rina, Ivan 
Petrovitsch; director: Viktor Jansen. 



EINMAL WEKD' ICH DIR GEFALLEN 

(Once You Will Love Me); cast: Jenny Jugo, 
Paul Hoerbiger; director: Johannes Riemann. 

DIE ROTE MUETZE 

(The Red Cap); cast: Viktoria von Ballasko; 
director: Herbert Selpin. 

WARSCHUAER ZITADELLE 

(Fortress Warschau); cast: Paul Hartmann, 
Viktoria von Ballasko; director: Fritz Peter 
Buch. 

VERSPRICH MIR NIGHTS 

(Don't Promise Me); cast: Luise Ullrich, Vik- 
tor de Kowa, Heinrich George; director: 
Wolfgang Liebeneiner. 

SIGNAL IN DER NACHT 

(Signal in the Night); cast: Subille Schmitz. 

DIE GRAUE SCHWESTER 

(The Grey Sister); cast: Hannes Stelzer, Inge 
List; director: Schneider-Edenkoben. 

MIT VERSIEGELTER ORDER 

(With Sealed Orders); cast: Gustav Froeh- 
lich, Werner Hintz, Marie Luise Claudius; 
director: Carl Anton. 

DIE STIMME AUS DEM AETHER 

(The Voice from the Ether); cast: Lida Bar- 
rova, Viktor de Kowa; director: Veit Harlan. 

MAEDCHEN FUER ALLES 

(Maid of All Work); cast: Grete Weiser, 
Rudi Godden; director: Carl Boese. 

5 MILLIENEN SUCHEN EINEN ERBEH 

(5 Millions Look for an Heir); cast: Heinz 
Ruehmann; director: Herbert Selpin. 

CAPRIOLEN 

(Heaven on Earth); cast: Gruendgens, Mari- 
anne Hoppe; director: Gustav Gruendgens; 
supervisor: Willi Forst. 

ABENTEUER IN WARSCHAU 

(Adventures in Warsaw); cast: Jadwiga 
Kenda; director: Karl Boese. 

DER BULLE VON UECKERITZ 

(The Bull of Ueckeritz); cast: Heinrich 
George; director: Toni Huppertz. 

DER LACHDOKTOR 

(The Laughing iDoctor); cast: Weiss Ferdl; 
director: Fred Sauer. 

OLYMPIC GAMES. BERLIN 1936 
Director: Leni Riefenstahl. 



Amkino Corp- 



DISTRIBUTION LINEUP, SEASON 1937-1938 
15 FEATURES • 9 SHORT SUBJECTS 



Produced in Russia 

FEATURES 



SPAIN IN FLAMES 

Newsreel. 



PRISONERS 

Stars: M. Astangov, U. Yanukova. 



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NEGLIGEE 

BACK FROM RENO 

SOPHISTICATED LADY 



BEAUTY RACKET 

THE MODEL MURDER 

MY WONDERING DAUGHTER 



T BLUE KIBIION PRODUCTIOIVS 



SKY GIRL 

PETTICOAT LANE 

PENTHOUSE LOVE 

LOVE TAKES A WALK 

BACHELOR GIRL'S DIARY 



WOMEN AT PLAY 
NIGHT OF CRIME 
HONOR AMONG WOMEN ^ 
NO LONGER HIS WOMAN 
MURDER IN THE SUPREME COURT 



FKOIVTIER ACTION DRAMAS 



DESERT SCOUT 

SOUTH OF SANTA FE 

SHOOTING FOR GLORY 

WE'LL FIGHT FOR TEXAS 



PRAIRIE WAGON 
FIGHTING PLAINSMAN 
FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM 
BUCKSKIN BORDER FIGHTER 



MUSICAL OUTDOOR ATTRACTIONS 



TWO GUN TERROR 

COWBOY CAVALIER 

SIX SHOOTER LAW 

LAW MAN FROM MONTANA 



WYOMING WILDCAT 

SIX GUN COURAGE 

THE MASKED RIDER 

LAW COMES TO THE BADLANDS 



CHANGE 



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PRODUCTION PROGRAMS 



BEETHOVEN CONCERTO 

Star: Vlidimir Gardin. 
THE LAST NIGHT 

Star: N. I. Dcrokhin. 
PARIS COMMUNE 

Stars: N. Plotkikov, A. Maksimova. 
THE THIRTEEN 

Stars: I. Noveseltsev, I. Kuzmina. 
YOUTH OF THE POET 

Star: V. Litovsky. 
GOBSEK 

Star: I. Leonidoff. 



BALTIC DEPUTY 

Star: N. Cherkasov. 
THE RETURN OF MAXIM 

Star: Boris Chirkov. 
USSR— 1937 

Star: Nazor Stodolya. 
PETER THE FIRST 
GARDENER 

THE FALL OF KIMAS LAKE 
FAR EAST 



SHORT SUBJECTS 



U. S. S. R. ON SCREEN 

Two-reeler: Youth; One-reelers: Red Army 
Ensemble, Vorishilov Cavalry, Heart of 



Asia, Young Kalmik Republic, Bakhchisarai 
Fountain, Animal Qub, Industry. 



DISTRIBUTORS 



New York: Amkino Corp., 723 Seventh Ave. 
Los Angeles: Ben Goldstein, 1912 S. Vermont 
Ave. 



Chicago: Irwin Franklin, 831 S. Wabash Ave. 
Cleveland: Selig Pitf, 1101 Public Square Bldg. 



Artcinema Associates, Inc. 

DISTRIBUTION LINEUP, SEASON 1937-1938 
10 FEATURES • 7 SHORT SUBJECTS 



FEATURE REVIVALS 



THE LOTTERY BRIDE 

Star: Jeanette MacDonald; with: Joe E. 
Brown, ZaSu Pitts; story: Herbert Stothart; 
director: Paul Stein. 

THE BAD ONE 

Star: D: lores Del Rio; with: Edmund Lowe; 
director: George Fitzmaurice; story: John 
Farrow. 

CORSAIR 

Star: Chester Morris; with: Ned Sparks, 
Frank McHugh; story: Walton Green; direc- 
tor: Roland West. 

DU BARRY 

Star: Norma Talmadge; with: Conrad Nagel, 
Allison Skipworth; play: David Belasco; 
adapter and director: Sam Taylor. 

REACHING FOR THE MOON 

Star: Douglas Fairbanks; with: Edward 
Everett Hcrton, Bebe Daniels, Bing Crosby; 
author and director: Edmund Goulding. 



INDISCREET 

Star: Gloria Swanson; director: Leo Mc- 
Carey. 

PUTTING ON THE RITZ 

Star: Harry Richman; with: Joan Bennett; 
author: John W. Considine, Jr.; director: 
Edward W. Slcman. 

ABRAHAM LINCOLN 

Star: Walter Huston; with: Una Merkle, Ian 
Keith; adapter: Stephen V. Benet; director: 
D. W. Griffith. 

BE YOURSELF 

Star: Fannie Brice; with: Robert Armstrong, 
Harry Green; director: Thornton Fredand; 
from: "The Champ," by Joseph Jackson. 

NEW YORK NIGHTS 

Star: Norma Talmadge; from: "Tin Pan 
Alley," by Hugh Stanislaus Stange; direc- 
tor: Lewis Milestone. 



SHORT SUBJECT REVIVALS 



MUSICAL SHORTS 

Producer: Hugo Riesenfeld; The Second Hun- 
garian Rhapsody, The Irish Fantasy, Ameri- 



cans Come, Overture of 1812, The Glorious 
Vamp, The Wizard Apprentice, Zompa. 



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First of New Series of Top Comedies for 1937-38 

HAL ROACH presents 

CONSTANCE BENNETT— CARY GRANT 

in 

"TOPPER" 

with 
ROLAND YOUNG— BILLIE BURKE 

ALAN MOWBRAY— EUGENE PALLETTE 

Directed by Norman Z. McLeod 

Associate Producer, Milton H. Bren 

Screenplay by Jack Jevne, Eric Hatch, Eddie Moran 

From Novel by Thome Smith 

RELEASED BY METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER 



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• • • PRODUCTION PROGRAMS • • • 

Astor Pictures Corp. 

DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM, SEASON 1937-1938 
8 FEATURES • 6 SHORT SUBJECTS 

FEATURES 

TOM TYLER WESTERNS Valley, Vanishing Men, Honor of the 

Galloping Thru', Man from New Mexico, Mounted, Partners of the Trail, Two Fisted 

Single Handed Sanders, Man from Death Justice. 

SHORT SUBJECTS "~ 

SAM SMALL CARTOONS His Musket, Sam's Medals, Beat the Re- 

Drawn by Anson Dyer; made in England; treat, Drummed Out. 

Halt! — Who Goes There?, Carmen, Sam and 



Atlantic Pictures 



DISTRIBUTION LINEUP, SEASON 1937-1938 
13 FEATURES 



FEATURE REVIVALS 

HELL'S ANGELS THE LOCKED DOOR 

Star: Jean Harlow. Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, ZaSu Pitts. 



RAIN 

Stars: Joan Crawford, Walter Huston, Guy 
Kibbee. 



TONIGHT OR NEVER 

Stars: Gloria Swanson, Melvin Douglas. 



SCARFACE 

Stars: Paul Muni, George Raft, Boris Kar- 

loff. 
COCK OF THE AIR 

Star: Chester Morris. HALLELUJAH I'M A BUM 

AGE FOR LOVE Stars: Al Jolson, Madge Evans, Frank Mor 

Stars: Billie Dove, E. E. Horton. gan. 

SKY DEVILS 

Star: Spencer Tracy. 
THE BAT WHISPERS 

Stars: Chester Morris, Una Merkel. THREE BROADWAY GIRLS 

STREET SCENE Stars: Joan Blondell, Madge Evans, Ina 

Stars: Sylvia Sydney, E. Taylor. Claire. 

B. K. Blake 

PRODUCTION LINEUP, SEASON 1937-1938 
13 SHORT SUBJECTS 

Released by Columbia 

MUSICAL FEATURETTES 

13 one-reelers. 

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PRODUCTION PROGRAMS 



C- C. Burr Productions, Inc. 

PRODUCTION LINEUP, SEASON 1937-1938 
18 FEATURES 

"K-7" FEATURES 

SPECIAL AGENT K-7 K-7 GETS HIS MAN 

ONE O'CLOCK ALIBI CASE NUMBER 113 

DEATH, INC. THE RED MENACE 

OUTDOOR MUSICALS 

SADDLE YOUR BLUES THE WHISTLING COWBOY 

Featured: George Eldredge, Harry Carey, LONE PRA'RIE 

Lloyd Hughes. DUSTY RIVER 

ROLL ALONG COVERED WAGON WEST OF TnE GREAT DIVIDE 

MELO COMEDIES 

SAY YOUNG FELLOW SUNNY WEATHER 

AN OLD SPANISH CUSTOM DARLING OF THE GOBS 

MAGNIFICENT HELLS OH SAY MR. PLUMBER 

PERSONNEL 

PRODUCERS: C. C. Burr, Raymond K. Johnson. WRITERS: Phihp Dunham, Jackson Parks, Mar- 

PLAYERS: Walter McGrail, George Eldredge. ion Cooper, Barry Barringer. 



Charles Chaplin 



PRODUCTION LINEUP, SEASON 1937-1938 
1 FEATURE 



Released through United Artists 

PRODUCTION No. 6 dard; writer, producer, director: Charles 

Modern comedy-drama; star: Paulette God- Chaplin. 

Colony Pictures, Inc- 

PRODUCTION LINEUP, SEASON 1937-1938 
8 FEATURES 

Released through Grand National 

SHADOW STORIES FLASH CASEY PICTURES 

Four; featuring Red LaRocque; based on the ^ ..u r' ■ t • j n i r* n .■.! 

„, , »/ . , ■ .,1 TM Four, with Eric Linden, Boots Mallory; titles 

bhadow Magazine stcries; titles: Ihe 

Shadow Strikes, Alias the Shadow, The not set. 

Shadow in Society, The Shadow in Panama. 

SO 



• • • 



PRODUCTION PROGRAMS 



Columbia Pictures 



PRODUCTION LINEUP, SEASON 1937-1938 
62 FEATURES • 126 SHORT SUBJECTS • 4 SERIALS 



FEATURES SET 



THE AWFUL TRUTH 

Comedy; stars: Irene Dunne, Gary Grant; 
cast: Ralph Bellamy, Esther Dale, Alexander 
D'Arcy, Joyce Compton, Cecil Cunningham, 
Wyn Cahoon, Scott Colton, Robert Allen; 
story: Arthur Richman; screenplay: Vina 
Delmar, Dwight Taylor. 

I'LL TAKE ROMANCE 

Musical; story: Jane Murfin, George Oppen- 
heimer; director: Edward H. Griffith; cast: 
Grace Moore, Melvyn Douglas, Frank For- 
est, Stuart Erwin, Helen Westley. 

IT'S ALL YOURS 

Comedy; director: Hliott Nugent; story: Ade- 
laide Heilbron; screenplay: Mary McCall, 
Jr., cast: Madeleine Carroll, Francis Lederer, 
Grace Bradley, Mischa Auer, Connie Bos- 
well, Charles Waldron, J. C. Nugent, Richard 
Carle, Arthur Hoyt, Stanley Mack, Victor 
Kilian, George McKay. 

IT HAPPENED IN HOLLYWOOD 

Comedy drama; story: Myles Connolly; 
screenplay: Ethel Hill, Harvey Fergusson, 
Samuel Fuller; director: Harry Lachman; 
cast: Richard Dix, Fay Wray, Victor Kilian, 
Charles Arnt, Granville Bates, William B. 
Davidson, Arthur Loft, Edgar Dearing, James 



Donlon, Billy Burrud, Franklin Pangborn, 
Zeffie Tilbury, Harold Goodwin, Charles 
Brinley. 

LIFE BEGINS WITH LOVE 

Comedy; story: Dorothy Bennett; screenplay: 
Thomas Mitchell; director: Ray McCarey; 
cast: Jean Parker, Douglass Montgomery, 
Edith Fellows, Leona Maricle, Lumsden 
Hare, Aubrey Mather, James Burke, Minerva 
Urecal, Romaine Callender, Scotty Beckett, 
Joel David, Joyce Kaye. 

COLLEGE HERO 

Comedy; story: Corey Ford; screenplay: 
Eugene Solow; cast: Jimmy Durante. 

THERE'S ALWAYS A WOMAN 

Mystery; story: Wilson Collison; screenplay: 
Gladys Lehman, Joel Sayre; director: Al 
Hall; cast: Loretta Young, Randolph Scott. 

LOST HORIZON 

Drama; story: James Hilton; screenplay: 
Robert Riskin; director: Frank Copra; cast: 
Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt, Edward Ever- 
ett Horton, John Howard, Thomas Mitchell, 
Margo, Isabel Jewell, H. B. Warner, Sam 
Jaffe; to be released Sept. 1, in addition to 
the 1937-38 program. 



THREE STOOGES 

8 two-reel comedies. 
ALL STAR COMEDIES 

18 two-reelers. 
ONE REEL SHORTS (100) 



SHORT SUBJECTS 

Krazy Kat; Community Sing; New Screen 
Snapshots; Columbia's New Sport Thrills; 
Broadway Follies; Around the World in 
Color; Columbia Featurettes; Strange As It 



Color Rhapsodies (in Technicolor); Scrappy; 



May Seem. 



WESTERNS 



CHARLES STARRETT 

8 westerns. 
ALL-STORY ALL-STAR 

8 westerns. 



BUCK JONES 

6 westerns. 



ADDITIONAL STORIES 



YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU 
EDWARD G. ROBINSON 

Untitled. 
JOE E. BROWN 

Two; untitled. 
FRANCES MARION 

Untitled. 
PARIS ON BROADWAY 
PENITENTIARY 
GRAND GESTURE 
NOBEL 



THE SECOND MRS. DRAPER 
MISS QUIS 
FOR TONIGHT ONLY 
ABSENT WITHOUT LEAVE 
I MARRIED AN ARTIST 
STREAMLINED 
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE 
THE NIGHT BEFORE 
JACK HOLT 
Four. 



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Max Shagrin 



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PRODUCTION PROGRAMS 



PERSONNEL 



PRODUCER-DIRECTORS: Frank Capra, Robert 
Riskin. 

PRODUCERS: Frances Marion, Oscar Ham- 
merstein, II, David L. Loew, Sidney Buch- 
man, Everett Riskin, William Perlberg, Jules 
White, Myles Connolly, Nat Perrin, Ralph 
Cohn, Harry L. Decker, Wallace MacDon- 
ald, Harriet Parsons. 

DIRECTORS: Leo McCarey, Edward H. Griffith, 
Elliott Nugent, Marion Gering, John Brahm, 
Harry Lachman, Ray McCarey, George W. 
Melfcrd, Leon Barsha, Folmer Blangsted, 
C. C. Coleman, Jr., Lambert Hillyer, D. Ross 
Lederman, Del Lord, Albert Rogell. 

WRITERS: Robert Riskin, Frances Marion, Os- 
car Hammerstein, II, Samson Raphaelson, 
Stephen Morehouse Avery, Frank R. Adams. 
Dwight Taylor, Vina Delmar, Gladys Leh- 
man, Owen Murphy, Richard Wormser, Jane 
Murfin, Rose Caylor, Robert E. Cohen, Ethel 
Hill, Lambert Hillyer, Delmar Daves, Court- 
ney Ryley Cooper, Donald Henderson Clarke, 
Harry Hervey, Lee Lceb, Harold Buchman, 
Eugene Solow, Myles Connolly, Mary Mc- 
Call, Jr., Joel Sayre, George Oppenheimer, 
Martin Berkeley, Mary McCarthy, Grace 
Neville, Fred Niblo, Jr., Ellis St. Joseph. 



STARS ANEi FEATURED PLAYERS: Irene 
Dunne, Joe E. Brown, Grace Moore, Cary 
Grant, Jean Arthur, Edward G. Robinson, 
Melvyn Douglas, Madeleine Carroll, Gloria 
Swanson, Francis Lederer, Dolly Haas, Wal- 
ter Connolly, Dolores 'Del Rio, Richard Dix, 
Lull Deste, Frances Drake, Ralph Bellamy, 
Jean Parker, Raymond Walburn, Mary As- 
tor, Thomas Mitchell, Fay Wray, Edith Fel- 
lows, Lionel Stander, Marguerite Churchill, 
Buck Jones, Jack Holt, Douglass Montgomery, 
Leona Maricle, Wyn Cahocn, Don Terry, 
Chester Morris, Richard Arlen, Joan Perry, 
Rita Hayworth, Grace Bradley, Rosalind 
Keith, Jacqueline Wells, Barbara Weeks, 
J. C. Nugent, Mary Russell, Charles Quig- 
ley, Donald Grayson, Charbs Starrett, Lums- 
den Hare, John Gallaudet, George McKay, 
Marc Lawrence, Scott Cclton, Robert Allen, 
Patricia Farr, Beatrice Blinn, Thurston Hall, 
Victor Kilian, Nana Bryant, Gene Morgan, 
Frank C. Wilson, Allen Brook, Ruth Hilliard, 
Beatrice Curtis, Michael Breen, Frank Buck, 
Sasha Siemel, Frank Hawks, Carole Lom- 
bard, Loretta Young, Randolph Scott, Don 
Ameche, Jimmy Durante. 



EXCHANGES 



Albany: 1050 Broadway. 
Atlanta: 131 Walton St., N. W. 
Boston: 57 Church St. 
Buffalo: 503 Pearl St. 
Charlotte 225 W. 4th St. 
Chicago: 831 S. Wabash Ave. 
Cincinnati: 1634 Central Parkway. 
Cleveland: Film Exchange Bldg. 
Dallas: 1818 Wood St. 
Denver: 2144 Champa St. 
Des Moines: 1003 High St. 
Detrcit: 200 Film Exchange Bldg. 
Indianapolis: 432 N. Illinois St. 
Kansas City, Mo.: 219 W. 18th St. 
Los Angeles: 1964 S. Vermont Ave. 
Memphis: 396 S. Second St. 



Milwaukee 1133 N. 8th St. 

Minneapolis: 1104 Currie Ave., N. 

New Haven: 134 Meadow St. 

New York; 630 Ninth Ave. 

Oklahoma City: 702 W. Grand St. 

Omaha: 1516 Davenport St. 

Philadelphia: 1232 Vine St. 

Pittsburgh: 1623 Blvd. of the Allies. 

Portland, Ore.: 1927 Kearney St., N. W. 

Salt Lake City: 210 E. 1st South St. 

San Francisco: 230 Hyde St. 

Seattle: 2415 Second Ave. 

St. Louis: 3306 Olive St. 

Washington, D. C: 924 New Jersey Ave. 

N. W. 
New Orleans: 150 S. Liberty St. 



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AL CHRISTIE 




PRODUCING 

and 
DIRECTING 



EDUCATIONAL 

20th CENTURY-FOX 





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PRODUCTION PROGRAMS 



Condor Pictures 



PRODUCTION LINEUP, SEASON 1937-1938 
24 FEATURES • 26 SHORT SUBJECTS 



FEATURES 

GEORGE O'BRIEN FEDERAL AGENT SERIES 

Six; released by RKO. Eight; stars: Conrad Nagel, Eleanors Hunt; 

KEN MAYNARD SpiaAll^ ^"^ ^'"""^ ^°*'°"''^' 

Eight; released by Grand National. Two. 

SHORT SUBJECTS 

CONDOR MUSICALS SPORTS WITH BILL CORUM 

13 one-reelers; released by RKO. 13 one-reelers; narration: Don Wilson, re- 

leased by RKO. 

Crescent Pictures Corp. 

PRODUCTION LINEUP, SEASON 1937-1938 
16 FEATURES 

SECRET SERVICE SMITH EXPLOITATION SPECIALS 

Six. P 

DOMESTIC COMEDIES 

Six. 

Crime Club Productions, Inc. 

PRODUCTION LINEUP, SEASON 1937-1938 
S FEATURES 

Released by Universal 



HEADER FOR A HEARSE FIVE MILLION IN CASH 

By Jonathan Latimer. By O. B. King. 

MURDER IN THE SURGERY 

By James G. Edwards, MjD. 
THE BLACK DOLL 
METROPOLITAN POLICE By William Edward Hayes. 



LADY IN THE MORGUE 

By Jonathan Latimer. 



Danubia Pictures, Inc. 

DISTRIBUTION LINEUP, SEASON 1937-1938 
20 FEATURES • 15 SHORT SUBJECTS • 20 NEWSREELS 

Note: All foreign language films imported from Europe, mostly from Hungary; titles not set. 

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ROY DEL RUTH 



Director 



TO DANCE" "PRIVATE NUMBER" 

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 20th Century-Fox 

"ON THE AVENUE" 

20th Century-Fox 

"BROADWAY MELODY OF 1938" 

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 



UNDER CONTRACT — 20th CENTURY-FOX 



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PRODUCTION PROGRAMS 



Walt Disney 



PRODUCTION LINEUP, SEASON 1937-1938 
1 FEATURE • 18 SHORT SUBJECTS 



Released by RKO Radio Pictures 

FEATURE 



SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS 

Cartoon feature; in Technicolor. 

SHORT SUBJECTS 

MICKEY MOUSE CARTOONS SILLY SYMPHONY CARTOONS 

9; in Technicolor. 9; in Technicolor. 

Educational Pictures 

PRODUCTION LINEUP, SEASON 1937-1938 
88 SHORT SUBJECTS 

Physical Distribution through Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. 

TWOREEL COMEDIES TERRY-TOONS 

42; stars: Willie Howard, Neila Goodella, 25 one-reel cartoons. 

Buster West, Tom Patricola, Jefferson Mac- 

hamer, Imogene Coca, Bert Lahr, Herman TREASURE CHEST PRODUCTIONS 

Timberg, Jr., Pat Rooney, Jr., Harry Grib- ]0 cne-reelers. 

bon, completed: "Tha Affairs of Pierre," „^„„ ..„^ ^«,,t.^,, »,,-.- 

star: Willie Howard; "Montague the Mag- SONG AND COMEDY HITS 

nificent," star: Bert Lahr. 10 one-reelers. 

PERSONNEL 

STARS: Willie Howard, Neila Goodelle, Buster PRODUCERS: Al Christie, Paul Terry. 

West, Tom Patricola, Jefferson Machamer, DIRECTORS: Al Christie, William Watson. 

Herman Timberg, Jr., Pat Rooney, Jr., Lee WRITERS: William Watson, Arthur Jarrett, 

Sullivan, Imogene Coca, Diamond Brothers. Marcy Klauber, Parke Levy. 

FitzPatrick Pictures 

PRODUCTION LINEUP, SEASON 1937-1938 
15 SHORT SUBJECTS 

Released by Matro-Goldwyn-Mayer 

FITZPATRICK TRAVELTALKS Colorful Bombay; Hong Kong— Hub of the 

Quaint Quebec; Yellowstone Park— Nature's Orient; Serene Siam; Rocky Mountain 

Playground; Colorful Islands; Qriental Para- ^ . ci i t t „^ < tk^ t,,^,-.^ 

,. r^. ' c .u A« • T J' Grandeur; Floral Japan; Land of the Incas; 

dise; Picturesque South Africa; India on 

Parade; Glimpses of Java and Ceylon; Beautiful Chile; Glimpses cf Peru. 

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PRODUCTION PROGRAMS 



Fleischer Studios, Inc- 

PRODUCTION LINEUP, SEASON 1937-1938 
37 SHORT SUBJECTS 



POPEYE CARTOONS 

12 one-reelers. 
BETTY BOOP CARTOONS 

12 one-reelers. 
COLOR CLASSICS 

6 one-reel cartoons. 



Distributed by Paramount 



SCREEN SONGS 

6 one-reel cartoons. 

POPEYE FEATURETTE 

1 two-reeler; in color. 



French Motion Picture Corp 

DISTRIBUTION LINEUP, SEASON 1937-1938 
20 FEATURES • 16 SHORT SUBJECTS 



Produced in France 



FEATURES 



LA MATERNELLE 

Stars: Madeleine Renaud, Paulette Elembert. 
THE YELLOW CRUISE 
JANOSIK 

Stars; Palo Bielik, Zlata Majdukova. 
DR. KNOCK 

Stars: Louis Jouvet, Madeleine Ozeray. 
GRANDEUR ET DECADENCE 

Stars: Firmin Gemier, Marcelle Geniat. 
MATERNITE 

Stars: Francoise Rosay, Felix Oudart. 
UNDER HIS SPELL 

Stars: Samson Fainsilber, Colette Darfeuil. 
THE BLACK CRUISE 
LE GENDRE DE MONSIEUR POIRIER 

Stars: Jean 'Debucourt, Annie Ducaus. 
MLLE. lOSETTE, MA FEMME! 

Stars: Annabella; Jean Murat. 
L'AVENTURIER 

Stars: Victor Francen, Blanche Montel. 



LES DEUX GAMINES 

Stars: Alice Tissot, Jacqueline Diax. 
MLLE. MOZART 

Star: Danielle Darrieux. 
LE ROSAIRE 

Star: Andre Luguet. 
PRIMEROSE 

Stars: Madeleine Renaud, Henri Rollan. 
MARINELLA 

Star: Tino Rossi. 
LES PETITES ALLIEES 

Stars: Madeleine Renaud, Constant Remy. 
LA MAISON DE MOLIERE 

Star: Sacha Guitry. 

LA VENGEANCE DE SIVA 

Star: Alfred Chaumel. 

JEROME PERREAU 

Stars: George Milton, Samson Fainsilber. 



SHORT SUBJECTS 



ONE-REELERS 

L'Hippocampe, Un Grand Verrier. 
TWO-REELERS 

Le Sud, Oasis Saharienne, Images D'Auvergne. 
THREE-REELERS 

Les Deux Couverts, Les Precieuses Ridi- 



cules, Fontainebleau, Dans La Brousse 
Annamite, Terre D' Amour, Provincia, Or- 
dination Des Pretres, Voices of Children, 
Tresors De Pierre. 

FOUR-REELER 

Eperon D'Or. 



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WILLIAM A. SEITER 



Director 



"IF YOU COULD ONLY COOK" 

"THE MOON'S OUR HOME" 

"THE CASE AGAINST MRS. AMES" 

"DIMPLES" 

"STOWAWAY" 

"THIS IS MY AFFAIR" 

"ROBERTA" 
"LIFE OF THE PARTY" 



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GB Pictures 



DISTRIBUTION LINEUP, SEASON 1937-1938 
12 FEATURES 



Physical distribution through 20th Century-Fox 
Produced in England 

FEATURES 



NON STOP NEW YORK 

Romantic melodrama; star: Anna Lee; with: 
John Loder, Desmond Tester, James Pirrie, 
Francis SulUvan, Frank CeUier, dirsctcr: 
Robert Stevenson. 

SAILING ALONG 

Musical; star: Jessie Matthews; with: Jack 
Whiting, Roland Young; music: Arthur 
Johnston; lyrics: Maurice Sigler. 

LOOK OUT FOR LOVE 

Musical; stars: Anna Neagle, Tullio Car- 
minati; director: Herbert Wilcox; music: 
Lerner, Gocdhart and Hoffman. 

EMPTY WORLD 

Mystery melodrama; star: Nova Pilbeam. 

THE SHOW GOES ON 

Melodrama; star: Anna IJeaglo; with: Tullio 



Carminati, Leslie Banks; director: Herbert 
Wilcox; original: Herman Manciewicz. 

SPARKLE 

Musical; star: Jessie Matthews. 

A GIRL MUST LIVE 

Romantic comedy; star: Anna Lee; with: 
Lilli Palmer. 

WEDDING DREAM 

Romantic drama; star: Nova Pilbeam. 

GLAMOROUS LADY 

Star: Jessie Matthews. 

THE UNCONQUERED WOMAN 

Star: Anna Lee. 

LADY OF LA PAZ 
THE GIRL PAT 



General Pictures Corp, 



PRODUCTION LINEUP, SEASON 1937-1938 
14 FEATURES 



NIGHT EDITION 

By Ray Doyle. 
CIRCUS QUEEN 

By Gertrude Orr. 
THE ROCKABYE KID 

By Edward Sinclair. 
PRISON SHIP 

By Alex Graham. 
GENIUS MURDER CASE 

By Roy Evans. 
ROARING WHEELS 

By Charles Dryden. 
MURDER IN THE AIR 

By Edward Lansing. 



SUBSTITUTE PRISONER 

By Max Marcin. 
WHIPPERSNAPPER 

Western; with Robert Henry. 
MASTER DYNAMITE 

Western; with Robert Henry. 
THREE FEET OF LUCK 

Western; with Robert Henry. 
BILLY THE KID, JR. 

Western; with Robert Henry. 
THE BANDIT KING 

Outdoor musical; by Bcb Lively and Betty 

Laidlaw. 
ENCHANTED MESA 

Outdoor musical; by Tom Gibson. 



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HENRY KING 



20th Century-Fox 




"SEVENTH HEAVEN" 
"COUNTRY DOCTOR" 
'LLOYDS OF LONDON' 

In Production 

"IN OLD CHICAGO" 



Management Harry Wurtzel 



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PRODUCTION PROGRAMS 



• • • 



Samuel Goldwyn 



PRODUCTION LINEUP, SEASON 1937-1938 
8 FEATURES 



Released through United Artists 



WOMAN CHASES MAN 

Comedy; cast; Miriam Hopkins, Joel Mc- 
Crea, Charles Winninger, Erik Rhodes, 
Leona Maricle, Ella Logan, Broderick Craw- 
ford; director: John Blystone; story: Lynn 
Root, Frank Fenton; screenplay: Joseph An- 
thony, Manuel Seff, David Hertz. 

STELLA DALLAS 

Drama; cast: Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles, 
Anne Shirley, Alan Hale, Barbara O'Neil, 
Tim Holt; director: King Vidor; novel: Olive 
Higgins Prouty; dramatic work: Harry W. 
Gribble, Gertrude Purcell; screenplay: Vic- 
tor Heerman, Sarah Y. Mason. 

DEAD END 

Drama; cast: Sylvia Sidney, Joel McCrea, 
Humphrey Bogart, Wendy Barrie, Claire 
Trevor, Allen Jenkins; director: William Wy- 
ler; play: Sidney Kingsley; screenplay: 
Lillian Hellman. 

THE HURRICANE 

Drama; cast: Dorothy Lamour, John Hall, 
Mary Astor, C. Aubrey Smith, Raymond 
Massey, Thomas Mitchell, Jerome Cowan, 
Mamo Clark, Movita; director: John Ford; 



novel: Charles Nordhoff, James Norman 
Hall; screenplay: Dudley Nicholas; adapta- 
tion: Oliver H. P. Garrett. 

THE ADVENTURES OF MARCO POLO 

Comedy; cast: Gary Cooper, Sigrid Gurie, 
Ernest Truex, Basil Rathbone, Alan Hale, 
George Barbier, H. B. Warner, Ferdinand 
Gottschalk; screenplay: Robert Sherwood; 
director: Archie Mayo. 

THE GOLDWYN FOLLIES 

Musical; in Technicolor; cast: Zorina, 
Adolphe Menjou, Ritz Brothers, Helen Jep- 
son, Phil Baker, Edgar Bergen, Bobby Clark, 
George Balanchine, Virginia Verrill, Ella 
Logan, American Ballet from the Metropoli- 
tan Opera House, The Goldwyn Girls; direc- 
tor: George Marshall. 

SPRING IN MY HEART 

Comedy; cast: Merle Oberon, Gary Cooper, 
David Niven; story: Leo McCarey, Frank R. 
Adams; adaptation: Frederic Lonsdale. 

DUCHESS OF BROADWAY 

Comedy; story: Barry Trivers, Robert An- 
drews. 



PERSONNEL 



DIRECTORS: William Wyler, Archie Mayo, H. 
C. Potter, John Ford, George Marshall, Gar- 
son Kanin. 

PLAYERS: Gary Cooper, Miriam Hopkins, 
Merle Oberon, Joel McCrea, Walter Brennan, 
David Niven, Jon Hall, Jerome Cowan, Sig- 
rid Gurie, Andrea Leeds, Virginia Verrill, 



Zorina, Ella Logan, Ann Graham, Evelyn 
Terry, Gloria Youngblood. 

WRITERS: Dorothy Parker, Alan Campbell, 
Anita Loos, John Emerson, Joe Bigelow, 
David Hertz, George Bradshaw, Lillian Hell- 



Grand National Pictures, Inc. 

PRODUCTION LINEUP, SEASON 1937-1938 
65 FEATURES 



SMALL TOWN BOY 

Star: Stuart Erwin; by Manuel Komroff; pro- 
ducer: Zion Myers. 

SWEETHEART OF THE NAVY 

Stars: Eric Linden, Cecilia Parker; producer: 
B. F. Zeldman. 

SOMETHING TO SING ABOUT 

Star: James Cagney; producer: Victor Schert- 



zinger; authors: Victor Schertzinger, Austin 
Parker. 

LOVE TAKES FLIGHT 

Star: Bruce Cabot; producer: George A. 
Hirliman. 

THE SHADOW STRIKES 

Star: Rod La Rocque; producer: Max Alex- 
ander. 



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BOaiS MORROS 


Musical Director 


Paramount Pictures 


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PRODUCTION PROGRAMS 



THE GIRL SAID NO 

Stars: Gilbert & Sullivan players; producer: 
Andrew L. Stone. 

WALLABY JIM OF THE SOUTH SEAS 

Star: Gecrge Houston; adaptation: Major 
Harold Buckley. 

PHOTO-FINISH 

Stars: Conrad Nagel, Eleanor Hunt; pro- 
ducer: George A. Hirliman. 

HONOLULU HONEYMOON 
Producer: Zion Myers. 

RENFREW OF THE MOUNTED 

HERE'S FLASH CASEY 

Star: Eric Linden; screenplay: John Krafft. 

KELLY AND STONE IN THE MARINES 
Producer: Richard A. Rowland. 

LOVE ME AGAIN 

Star: Anna Sten; producer: Victor Schert- 
zinger. 

PAINTER IN THE SKY 

In color; based on "Thief of Taos"; pro- 
ducer: Richard A. Rowland. 

GOVERNMENT AGENT 

Stars: Conrad Nagel, Eleanor Hunt; pro- 
ducer: George A. Hirliman. 

FLASH CASEY, CANDID CAMERMAN 
Star: Eric Linden. 

GORGEOUS 

Star: Anna Sten; producer: Eugen Frenke. 
RENFREW IN THE NORTH COUNTRY 

WALLABY JIM OF THE ISLANDS 

Star: George Houston; author: Ray Schrock. 

KING OF THE SIERRAS 

Producer: Condor Productions; associate pro- 
ducer: Frank Gay. 
THE SHADOW'S DISGUISE 

Star: Rod La Rocque; producers: Max and 
Arthur Alexander. 

KELLY AND STONE IN THE ARMY 

Producer: Richard A. Rowland. 

MAYBE IT'S LOVE 

By Carroll Graham; producer: B. F. Zeid- 
man. 

RENFREW GETS HIS MAN 

FLASH CASEY AT THE THIRD ALARM 
Star: Eric Linden. 

SO THIS IS HOLLYWOOD 

By Carroll Graham; producer: B. F. Zeld- 
man. 



WIRE TAPPERS 

Stars: Conrad Nagel, Eleanor Hunt; pro- 
ducer: George A. Hirliman. 

KELLY AND STONE IN THE NAVY 
Producer: Richard A. Rowland. 

ORCHID GIRL 

Star: Anna Sten; producer: Eugen Frenke. 

WALLABY JIM BELOW THE EQUATOR 
Star: George Houston. 

THE SHADOW IN PANAMA 

Star: Rod La Rocque; producers: Max and 
Arthur Alexander. 

FLASH CASEY COVERS A MURDER 
Star: Eric Linden. 

KELLY AND STONE IN THE AIR CORPS 
Producer: Richard A. Rowland. 

FACE THE FACTS 

Star: Stuart Erwin; by Clarence Budington 
Kelland; screenplay: Betty Laidlaw, Robert 
Lively; producer: Richard A. Rowland. 

LOTTERY MYSTERY 

Stars: Conrad Nagel, P.eanor Hunt. 

ROGUES' GALLERY 

By Willard Keefe; producer: B. F. Zeld- 
man. 

THE SHADOW IN SOCIETY 

Star: Rod La Rocque; Producers: Max and 
Arthur Alexander. 

DYNAMITE 

Star: James Cagney; frcm "Hot Oil"; pro- 
ducer: Richard A. Rowland. 

RENFREW RIDES ALONE 

STEPPIN' HIGH (Tentative) 
Star: Stuart Erwin. 

WALLABY JIM IN TROUBLE 
Star: George Houston. 

LOVE RUNS INTO MONEY 

By Erwin S. Gelsey; producer: B. F. Zeld- 
man. 

BRIGHT BOY 

Star: Stuart Erwin. 

TEX RITTER WESTERNS 

Tex and the Boy Scouts, Frontier Town, 
Rollin' Plains, The Utah Trail, Arizona 
Ranger, Law of the Black Hills, Buffalo 
Country, Mustang Roundup. 

KEN MAYNARD WESTERNS 

Trailing Trouble, Boots of Destiny, Whirl- 
wind Horseman, Yankee Rider, Murder at 
the Rancho, Thirteen and Lucky, Phantom 
Cowboy, Montana Mutiny. 



PERSONNEL 



PRODUCERS: Victor Schertzinger, Zion Myers, 
B. F. Zeldman, George A. Hirliman, M. H. 
Hoffman, Richard A. Rowland, Edward 
Finney, Max Alexander, Eugen Frenke, Bud 
Barsky, Al Herman. 



PLAYERS: James Cagney, Stuart Erwin, Anna 
Sten, Conrad Nagel, Rod La Rocque, George 
Houston, Eric Linden, EHeanor Hunt, Tex 
Ritter, Joyce Compton. 

DIRECTORS: Glenn Tryon, Duncan Mansfield. 

WRITERS: Betty Laidlaw, Robert Lively. 



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Victor Young 









PARAMOUNT 




STUDIOS 



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PRODUCTION PROGRAMS 



• • • 



EXCHANGES 



Albany: 1046 Broadway. 
Atlanta: 133 Walton St. 
Boston: 54 Piedmont St. 
Buffalo: 505 Pearl St. 
Charlottle: 300 W. Third St. 
Cincinnati: 1635 Central Parkway. 
Cleveland: Film Exchange Bldg. 
Chicago: 1325 S. Wabash Ave. 
Dallas: 508 Park Ave. 
Denver: 2071 Broadway. 
Des Moines: 1102 High St. 
Detroit: 2310 Cass Ave. 
Indianapolis: 120 W. Michigan St. 
Kansas City, Mo.: 1701 Wyandotte St. 
Los Angeles: 1910 S. Vermont Ave. 



Milwaukee: 814 N. 11th St. 
Minneapolis: 1111 Currie Ave. 
New Haven: 132 Meadow St. 
New Orleans: 221 S. Liberty St. 
New York: 630 Ninth Ave. 
Omaha: 1508 Davenport St. 
Philadelphia: 1240 Vine St. 
Pittsburgh: 1623 Blvd. of the Allies. 
Portland, Ore.: 925 N. W. 19th Ave. 
Salt Lake City: 250 E. 1st South St. 
St. touts: 3334 Olive St. 
San Francisco: 229 Golden Gate Ave. 
Seattle: 2419 Second Ave. 
Washington, D. C: 203 I St., N. W. 



Guaranteed Pictures Co. 

DISTRIBUTION LINEUP, SEASON 1937-1938 
7 FEATURES 



PHANTOM SHIP 

Featured: Bela Lugosi, Shirley 
IRISH AND PROUD OF IT 

Featured: Richard Hayward. 
THE EARLY BIRD 

Featured: Richard Hayward. 
WHITE IVORY 

Featured: Jock Mulhall. 



Grey. 



DRUMS OF ARABY 

Special cast. 

HELD FOR MURDER 

Featured: Mary Carlisle. 
MIDNIGHT SHADOWS 

Featured: Mischa Auer. 



J. H. Hoffberg Co., Inc. 

DISTRIBUTION LINEUP, SEASON 1937-1938 
18 FEATURES • 26 SHORT SUBJECTS 



FEATURES SET 



WEDDING OF PALO 

Producer: Dr. Knud Rasmussen. 
VOICE OF INDIA 

Producer: Paul L. Hoefler. 
NEZNATE HADIRMSHU 

(Business Under Duress); produced in 

Czechoslovakia. 
SKRIVANCI PISEN 

(Song of the Lark); produced in Czecho- 
slovakia. 
ADA TO NIE WYPADA 

(Ada That Will Never Do); produced in 

Poland. 
PHANTOM OF SANTE FE 

Stars: Nina Quartero; Norman Kerry. 



STRYCEK z AMERIKY 

(Uncle from America); produced in Czecho- 
slovakia. 
SANGEN OM DEN ELDRODA BLOMMAN 

(Song of Scarlet Flower); produced in 

Sweden. 
INVITATION TO THE WALTZ 

Star: Lillian Harvey. 
I GIVE MY HEART 

Star: Gita Alpar. 
KATHLEEN MAVOURNEEN 

Stars: Solly O'Neil, John F. Robertson. 
STUDENT ROMANCE 

From: "I Lost My Heart in Heidelberg," 



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AUBREY SCOTTO 



Director 



FOLLOW YOUR HEART" 
"TICKET TO PARADISE" 
"HAPPY GO LUCKY" 
"SMART GIRL" 



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PRODUCTION PROGRAMS 



SHORT SUBJECTS 



COMPLETED: 

Broadway 'Dance Parade, Hollywood Magic, 
Shanghai, Bamboo, Isles of Paradise, Flori- 



dian Curiosities, Busy Spots in Florida. 
C^arillion, Makers, Baltimore — Home of 
Wally Simpson, International Varieties, 
Golden Harbor, Young Explorer. 



Ideal Pictures Corp. 

DISTRIBUTION LINEUP, SEASON 1937-1938 
6 FEATURES • 50 SHORT SUBJECTS 



FEATURES 



JUNGLE GIGOLO 

FOUND ALIVE 

GIRL FROM GEORGIA 



THE DIVORCE RACKET 
MANHATTAN TOWER 
MAD AGE 



SHORT SUBJECTS 



IDEAL NOVELTIES 

12 one-reelers; Animal Aristocracy, Birds of 
a Feather, Wild Animal Appetites, When 
Winter Comes, Spring is Here, Good Old 
Summer Time, Autumn Leaves, Legend of 
the Skies, Jungle Babies, Sacred Elephants, 
Monkey Business, Peculiar Pets. 
IDEAL WHATNOTS 

29 one-reelers; Goofy Games, Canal Gyp- 
sies, Land of Islam, Mystic East, We're on 
Our Way, Real Americans, Garden of 
Allah, Strange Hobbies, Journey Thru Ger- 
many, Big City, Television Romance, Land 
of the Nile, Proudest Americans, 'Neath 
Mediterranean Skies, White Wings, Primi- 



tive America, On With the Dance, Happy 
Daze, Menage of Guatemala, Jerusalem — 
the Holy City, Glory That Was Egypt, Some- 
thing for Nothing, First Chiseller, Camera 
Thrills, Buzzsaws and Dynamite, News 
Comics, Veterans of the Sea, Spain Yester- 
day and Today, Venice and the Glass- 
Master, Water Babies. 

TWO REELERS 

Five; Hold that Wild Boar, Destiny, Earth- 
quake, Truth About Ethiopia, The Mascot. 

THREE REELERS 

Four; River, of Death, The Next War, The 
Golden Ghost, Evolution. 



Imperial Pictures 



PRODUCTION LINEUP, SEASON 1937-1938 
32 FEATURES • 26 SHORT SUBJECTS 



FEATURES 



MY WONDERING DAUGHTER 

Drama; by Leonard Lee. 
SOPHISTICATED LADY 

Drama; by Robert Oliver. 
BEAUTY RACKET 

Action drama; by Charles S. Strong. 
BACK FROM RENO 

Comedy-drama; by Glenn Watkins. 
THE MODEL MURDER 

Mystery; by George Norriss. 
HONOR AMONG WOMEN 

Drama; by Jeanne Bowman. 



SKY GIRL 

Action drama; by Nellie Graf. 
NEGLIGEE 

Comedy-drama; by Gladys Sloan. 
PENTHOUSE LOVE 

Drama; by Richard Kent. 
NIGHT OF CRIME 

Comedy-mystery; by Armstrong Livingston. 
PETTICOAT LANE 

Drama; by S. S. Weil. 
MURDER IN THE SUPREME COURT 
LOVE TAKES A WALK 



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AI^CIHIIfli SAAY© 



Director 



Samuel Goldwyn Productions 



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PRODUCTION PROGRAMS 



BACHELOR GIRL'S DIARY 
NO LONGER HIS WOMAN 
WOMEN AT PLAY 
SOUTH OF SANTE FE 
PRAIRIE WAGON 
WE'LL FIGHT FOR TEXAS 
DESERT SCOUT 
BUCKSKIN BORDER FIGHTER 
FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM 
SHOOTING FOR GLORY 



POETIC GEMS 

13 one-reelers. 



FIGHTING PLAINSMAN 

COWBOY CAVALIER 

SIX GUN COURAGE 

THE MASKED RIDER 

SIX SHOOTER LAW 

LAW MAN FROM MONTANA 

TWO GUN TERROR 

LAW COMES TO THE BADLANDS 

WYOMING WILDCAT 



SHORT SUBJECTS 



COLOR CLASSICS 

13 one-reelers. 



EXCHANGES 



New York: 630 Ninth Ave. 

Albany: C. H. Tarbox. 

Boston: 12 Piedmont St. 

New Haven: 134 Meadow St. 

Philadelphia: 1220 Vine St. 

Washington, 'D. C: 1001 New Jersey Ave., 

N. W. 
Buffalo: 505 Pearl St. 
Cincinnati: 529 Walnut St. 
Cleveland: Film Bldg. 
Detroit: 2310 Cass Ave. 
Chicago: 831 S. Wabsh Ave. 
Milwaukee: 717 W. Wells St. 



St. Louis: 3317 Olive St. 
Indianapolis: 440 N. Illinois St. 
Kansas City: 110 W. 18th St. 
Minneapolis: 70 Glenwood St. 
Dallas: Film Exchange Bldg. 
Oklahoma City: Grand and Lee Sts. 
Pittsburgh: 1623 Blvd. of the Allies. 
San Antonio: 405 N. Flores St. 
Los Angeles: 1928 S. Vermont Ave. 
San Francisco: 247 Golden Gate Ave. 
Portland, Ore.: 925 N. W. 19th St. 
Seattle: 2319 Second Ave. 



Jay Dee Kay Productions 

PRODUCTION LINEUP, SEASON 1937-1938 
4 FEATURES 



FEATURES COMPLETED 



SLAVES IN BONDAGE 

Producer: J. D. Kendis. 



CRUSADE AGAINST RACKETS 

Producer: J. D. Kendis. 



Kinotrade 



DISTRIBUTION LINEUP, SEASON 1937-1938 
14 FEATURES 



THE GIRL FROM POLTAVA 

Operetta. 
HOY COMIENZA LA VIDA 

Romantic drama. 
EL CABALLERO AUDAZ 

Spanish. 
GAUCHAZO 

Spanish musical. 



DANZON 

Spanish musical. 
JEWISH TALKING PICTURES 

Four. 
COLORED MUSICALS 

Four. 
I HATE WAR 

Exploitation feature. 



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PRODUCTION PROGRAMS 



Walter Lantz Productions 

PRODUCTION LINEUP, SEASON 1937-1938 
26 SHORT SUBJECTS 



Released through Universal 



OSWALD THE LUCKY RABBIT 

26 one-reel cartoons. 



Lenauer International 

Films, Inc 

DISTRIBUTION LINEUP, SEASON 1937-1938 
1 FEATURE • 4 SHORT SUBJECTS 



TSAR TO LENIN 

Historical document. 



FEATURE 



SHORT SUBJECTS 



ONE-REELERS Road, Tyrolese Costumes and Customs, 

Four; Rock and Ice, Grossglochner-Alpine Salzkammergut. 

Harold Lloyd Corp. 

PRODUCTION LINEUP, SEASON 1937^1938 
1 FEATURE 

Released by Paramount 

PROFESSOR BEWARE (Tentative) Marian Cockrell; screenplay: Jack Cunning- 

Star: Harold Lloyd; story: Francis and ham. 

David L. Loew Productions 

PRODUCTION LINEUP, SEASON 1937-1938 
2 FEATURES 

Released by Columbia 

JOE E. BROWN FEATURES 

Two; star: Joe E. Brown; director: Edward 
Sedgwick. 

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Director 

"THE BARRIER" 

A Harry Sherman Production 
Paramount Release 



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Major Pictures Corp. 

PRODUCTION LINEUP, SEASON 1937-1938 
16 FEATURES 

Released by Paramount 

FEATURES SET 

SAPPHIRE SAL NIGHT OF MYSTERY 

Star: Mae West; director: Eddie Sutherland; Star: Grant Richards. 

story: Jo Swerhng. ENGLISH DERBY 

LOVE ON TOAST With: Beatrice Lillie. 

With: John Payne, Katharine "Sugar" Kane. MY WORLD 

ANGEL EYES WHAT HO 

Star: Kitty Clancy. Star: Gary Cooper. 

CALL BACK LOVE LIFE OF BURDEN 

Star: Kitty Clancy. THE MAN IN EVENING CLOTHES 



PERSONNEL 

^RITEI 

Malloy, Leonard Ross. 



PLAYERS: Mae Mest, Beatrice Lillie, Mady WRITERS: Jo Swerlng, Richard Connell, Doris 

Correll, Stella Adler, Kitty, Qancy, Grant 
Richards, Katherine "Sugar" Kane, John 
Payne. 



The March of Time 



PRODUCTION LINEUP, SEASON 1937-1938 
13 SHORT SUBJECTS 



Distributed by RKO 

THE MARCH OF TIME Marche du Temps" for French release; 8 

13 one-reelers. ,,, •., , jit- ■' i o • u 

„.,,,,„. .11 1 1 lo La Marcha del iiempo for Spanish re- 

Note: March of Time will also produce IJ 

editions for British Empire release; 13 "La lease. 

Mentone Productions 

PRODUCTION LINEUP, SEASON 1937-1938 
1 FEATURE • 19 SHORT SUBJECTS 



FEATURE 



APRIL IN YOUR EYES 

Musical; story by Arthur Pearson. 



SHORT SUBJECTS 



MENTONE MUSICALS NU-ATLAS PRODUCTIONS 

13 two-reelers; distributed by Universal. 6 one-reelers; distributed by RKO. 

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In preparation : 

"THE SEA TERROR 

(Story by Frederick G. 
Wagner and Jack Hess) 




RAYMOND FRIEDGEN 

(Producer of 'Tish from Hell") 

Now Producing a Series of Authentic 
Adventure Feature Dromes Storring 
CAPTAIN WALLACE CASWELL, JR. 

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 

PRODUCTION LINEUP, SEASON 1937-1938 
44 to 52 FEATURES • 97 SHORT SUBJECTS • 104 NEWSREELS 

NOTE: No pictures specifically announced by litle but many of those planned, and already com- 
pleted, are expected to be from the following. 



FEATURES 



GIRL OF THE GOLDEN WEST 

Musical; music: Sigmund Romberg; book: 
David Belasco; producer: William Anthony 
McGuire; cast: Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson 
Eddy, Buddy Ebsen, Roy Bolger. 

ROSALIE 

Musical; screenplay: William A. McGuire; 
original story: Guy Bolton; music: George 
Gershwin, Sigmund Romberg; producer: 
William Anthony McGuire; cast: Eleanor 
Powell, Nelson Eddy, Frank Morgan, Ray 
Bolger, Delia Lind. 

THREE COMRADES 

Drama; producer: Joseph Mankiewicz; by 
Erich Maria Remarque; cast: Luise Rainer, 
Robert Taylor, Spencer Tracy, James Ste- 
wart. 

IDIOT'S DELIGHT 

Melodrama; director: Clarence Brown; pro- 
ducer: Hunt Stromberg; author: Robert E. 
Sherwood; cast: Clark Gable. 

THE BEST DRESSED WOMAN IN PARIS 
Producer: Edgar Selwyn. 

LOLA MONTEZ 

Drama; play: Adolph Paul; novel: T. Ever- 
ett Haare; producer: Joseph Mankiewicz; 
cast: Joan Crawford. 

SPANISH OMELET 

Comedy; by Edward Hope Coffey, Jr.; pro- 
ducer: James K. McGuinness; cast: Robert 
Montgomery. 

STAND UP AND FIGHT 

Drama; producer: James K. McGuinness; 
novel: Forbes Parkhill; cast: Wallace Beery. 

SPRINGTIDE 

Novel; J. B. Priestly; producer: Hunt Strom- 
berg; cast: Robert Taylor, Wallace Beery. 

THE FIREFLY 

Operetta; book and lyrics: Otto Harbach; 
music: Rudolf Friml; producer: Hunt Strom- 
berg; cast: Jeanette MacDonald, Allan Jones, 
Warren William. 

THE GREAT WALTZ 

Operetta; Book: Moss Hart; from "Waltzes 
of Vienna," by Johonn Strauss, Sr., and Jr.; 
producer: Bernard Hyman; cast: Meliza 
Korjus. 

TELL IT TO THE MARINES 

Comedy; story: Morris Morkey; producer: 



James K. McGuinness; cast: Robert Taylor, 
Spencer Tracy. 

THE GREAT CANADIAN 

Comedy-drama; story: Robert Hopkins; Vicki 
Bourn; producer: Bernard Hyman; cast: 
Clark Gable. 

TEST PILOT 

Drama; original: Lieut. Comm. Frank Wead; 
producer: Louis D. Lighten; cast: Clark 
Gable, Spencer Tracy. 

DOUBLE WEDDING 

Comedy-drama; play: Ferenc Molnar; pro- 
ducer: Joseph Mankiewicz; cast: William 
Pov/ell, Myrna Loy. 

KIM 

Drama; by Rudyard Kipling; producer: 
Louis D. Lighten; cast: Frederick Bartholo- 
mew, Robert Taylor. 

BIG CITY 

Original: Norman Krasna; producer; Nor- 
man Krasna; cast: Luise Rainer, Spencer 
Tracy. 

RETURN OF THE THIN MAN 

Comedy-mystery; original: Dashiell Ham- 
mett; producer: Hunt Stromberg; cast: Wil- 
liam Powell, Myrna Loy. 

LIVE, LOVE AND LEARN 

Drama; novel: Helen Grace Carlisle; pro- 
ducer: Harry Rapf; cast: Robert Montgom- 
ery, Rosalind Russell. 

HATS IN THE AIR 

Musical; original: Dwight Taylor; producer: 
Jack Cunnings; cast: Eleanor Powell. 

MARIE ANTOINETTE 

Drama; novel: Stefan Zweig; producer: Hunt 
Stromberg; cast: Norma Shearer. 

A YANK AT OXFORD 

Comedy-drama; story: John Monk Saunders; 
cast: Robert Taylor, Maureen O'Sullivan; 
to be made in England. 

THOROUGHBREDS DON'T CRY 

Comedy-drama; original: J. Walter Ruben; 
producer: Harry Rapf; cast: Mickey Rooney, 
Douglas Scott. 

MY WIFE 

Drama; story: Matt Taylor; producer: 
Michael Fessier; cast: Josephine Hutchinson, 
Toby Wing, George Murphy, Sidney Black- 



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PRODUCTION PROGRAMS 



THE BRIDE WORE RED 

Comedy-drama; play: Ferenc Molnor; pro- 
ducer: Joseph Mankiewicz; cast: Joan Craw- 
ford, Franchot Tone, Robert Young. 
SWING FEVER 

Musical comedy; original: Florence Ryer- 
son, Edgar Allan Woclf; producer: Harry 
Rapf; cast: Allan Jones, Judy Garland, 
Billie Burke, Frank Morgan, Maureen O'Sulli- 
van. 



MY DEAR MISS ALDRICH 

Comedy; original: Herman Mankiewicz; 
cast: Edna May Oliver, Maureen O'Sullivan, 
Walter Pidgeon. 

CONQUEST 

Drama; story: W. Gasiorowski, Helen Je- 
rome; producer: Bernard Hyman; cast: Greta 
Garbo, Charles Boyer. 

MADAME X 

Drama; play: Alexandre Bisson; producer: 
James K. McGuinness; cast: Gladys George, 
John Beal, Warren William. 



HAL ROACH FEATURES 



TOPPER 

Novel: Thome Smith; cast: Constance Ben- 
nett, Cary Grant, Roland Young, Billie 
Burke. 
ROADSHOW 

Novel: Eric Hatch, Jack Jevne; musical num- 



bers: Hcagy Carmichael; cast: Oliver Hardy, 
Palsy Kelly, Lyda Roberti, Rosina Lawrence. 
THE GIT THERE STROKE! (Tentative) 

Story: Eric Hatch; music and screenplay: 
Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby. 



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A COUPLE OF QUICK ONES 

Novel: Eric Hatch. 
ADVENTURE FOR THREE 

By Marcella Burke, R. B. Wills. 
A FAMILY AFFAIR 

By Albert Richard Wetjen. 
A LADY COMES TO TOWN 

By Clements Ripley. 
ALGERIA 

Play: Glen McDoncugh; music: Victor Her- 
bert. 
ALL THE BROTHERS WERE VALIANT 

Novel: Ben Ames Williams. 
ALWAYS TOMORROW 

Original: Mildred Cram, Marcella Burke. 
A NATIVE SON RETURNS 

Novel: Ida M. Evans. 
ANCHOR MAN 

By Fanny Heaslip Lea. 
AND SO VICTORIA 

By Vaughan Wilkins. 
AROUSE AND BEWARE 

Novel: MacKinlay Kantor. 
BLUE BLOOD 

By Myles Connolly. 
BRIGHT GIRL 

By Vina Delmar. 
CAPRICE 

Novel: Dal ton Trumbo. 
CAT ACROSS THE PATH 

Novel: Ruth Feiner. 
COURTHOUSE SQUARE 

Novel: Hamilton Basso. 
DECLASSE 

By Zoe Akins. 
EXPOSURE 

By Dr. Frank J. Clancy, William J. Murphy. 
FALSE DREAMS FAREWELL 

By Hugh Stange. 



FELIX 

By Henri Bernstein. 
FERIKE AS GUEST ARTIST 

By Laszlo Bus-Fekete, Alexander Goth. 
FINISHING SCHOOL 

By F. Tennyson Jesse. 
FRAT HOUSE 

By Fred Ballard, Mignon G. Eberhart. 
GOLD EAGLE GUY 

By Melvin P. Levy. 
GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS 

Novel: James Hilton. 
GRAM 

By Kathleen Norris. 
GREAT LAUGHTER 

By Fannie Hurst. 
GREEN GROW THE LILACS 

By Lynn Riggs. 
HALFWAY HOUSE 

Novel: Ellery Queen. 
HER EXCELLENCY'S CIGAR STORE 

By Laszlo Bus-Fekete. 
IF I WERE YOU 

By Guy Bolton, P. G. Wodehouse. 
I HAVE MARRIED AN ANGEL 

By Janos Vaszary. 
I LOVE YOU AGAIN 

Novel: Octavus Roy Cohen. 
KATINKA 

Play: Otto Harbach. 
LA TENDRESSE 

By Henry Bataille. 
LIVING IN A BIG WAY 

By Louis Bromfield. 
LOST HORIZONS 

By Harry Segall. 
LUCKY NIGHT 

By Oliver Claxton. 



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PRODUCTION PROGRAMS 



MAIDEN VOYAGE 

By Ernest Vajda. 
MANON LESCAUT 

Novel: L'abbe Prevost. 
MAN PROPOSES 

By W. Chethan-Strode. 
MANNEQUIN 

By Katharine Brush. 
MARIE ANTOINETEE 

By Stefan Zweig. 
MARY ROSE OF MIFFLIN 

Novel: Frances Roberta Sterrett. 
MEN FROM GUIANA 

Novel: Robert Thoeren. 
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG 

Play: George S. Kaufman, Moss Hart. 
MR. AND MRS. WASHINGTON 

By Rupert Hughes, Carey Wilson. 
MRS. VAN KLEEK 

By Hinor Mordaunt. 
MY GIRL FRIDAY 

By Maxwell Shane, Bill Thomas. 
NANCY STAIR 

Novel: Elinor Macartney Lane. 
NATIONAL VELVET 

Novel: Enid Ragnold. 
NAVY BLUE AND GOLD 

Novel: George Bruce. 
NIGHT IN GLENGYLE 

Novel: John Ferguson. 
NIGHT OPERATOR 

By Lucile Selk Edgerton. 
NO HERO 

Novel: J. P. Marquand. 
NOT TOO NARROW, NOT TOO DEEP 

Novel: Richard B. Sale. 
ONCE THERE WAS A PRISONER 

Play: Jean Anouilh. 
ONCE UPON A TIME 

Novel: Fannie Hurst. 
ONE CAME HOME 

By Grace Norton. 
ONE EVERY MINUTE 

By Garet Garrett. 
PARTY 

By Ivor Novello. 
PIERRE OF THE PLAINS 

By Sir Gilbert Parker. 
PITCAIRN'S ISLAND 

By James Norman Hall, Charles Nordhoff. 
PRESENTING LILY MARS 

By Booth Tarkinglon. 
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE 

Play: Helen Jerome; novel: Jane Austen. 
QUO VADIS 

Novel: Henry Sienkiev^^icz. 
RACE THE SUN 

Novel: Dale Collins. 
RAGE IN HEAVEN 

Novel: James Hilton. 
RENNIE PEDDIGOE 

Novel: Booth Tarkington. 



SAD INDIAN 

Novel: Thames Williamson. 
SARI 

By Jules Wilhelm, Fritz Grunbaum; music: 

Emmerich Kalman. 
SCATTERED SEEDS 

Play: Pauline Brooks, Burnet Hershey. 
SEA OF GRASS 

Novel; Conrad Richter. 
SEHOY. AHOY! 

By Clements Ripley. 
SHADOW OF THE WING 

By Richard Schayer, Frank Wead. 
SILAS MARNER 

Novel: George Eliot. 
SWEETHEARTS 

By Harry B. Smith, F. De Gressac. 
THE A. B. C. MURDERS 

Novel: Agatha Christie. 
THE AMERICAN FLAGGS 

Novel: Kathleen Norris. 
THE COMPOSITE MAN 

By Ronald Jeans. 
THE DEVIL PASSES 

Play: Benn W. Levy. 
THE DISTAFF SIDE 

Play: John Van Druten. 
THE FAR OFF HILLS 

Play: Lennox Robinson. 
THE FIRST OF THE MONTH SERIES 

By Everett Rhodes Castle. 
THE FOUNDRY 

Novel: Albert Halper. 
THE FOUR MARYS 

Novel: Fanny Heaslip Lea. 
THE FRENCH QUARTER 

Novel: Herbert Asbury. 
THE HARBOURMASTER 

Novel: William McFee. 
THE MUTE KNIGHT 

Play: Eugene Heltai. 
THE LONGEST NIGHT 

By William Wellman. 
THE PARADINE CASE 

Novel: Robert Hitchens. 
THE PRINCE OF PILSEN 

By Frank Fixley, Gustav Luders. 
THE RED MILL 

Play: Victor Herbert, Henry Blossom. 
THE SECOND MRS. LYNTON 

Novel: Wilson Collison. 
THE SHINING HOUR 

Play: Keith Winter. 
THE SHOW SHOP 

Play: James Forbes. 
THE SPUR OF PRIDE 

Novel: Percival C. Wren. 
THE TRANSGRESSOR 

Novel: Anthony Richardson. 
THE VANISHED MINIATURE 

Novel: Erich Kastner. 
THE WIND AND THE RAIN 

Play: Merton Hodge. 



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THREE MEN IN THE SNOW 

Novel: Erich Kastner. 
TIMBER LINE 

Novel: Gene Fowler. 
TOSSPOT 

Novel: Daniel Moore. 
TROUBADOUR IN TROUBLE 

By Franz Schulz, Joy Gorney. 
TWO THIEVES 

Novel: Manuel Komroff. 
VEIN OF IRON 

Novel: Ellen Glasgow. 
WEEPING IS FOR WOMEN 

Novel: (Donald Ban Chidsey. 



M-G-M MUSICALS 

6 two-reelers. 
CRIME DOESN'T PAY 

6 tViTO-reelers. 
PETE SMITH SPECIALTIES 

15 one-reelers. 
M-G-M MINIATURES 

10 one-reelers. 
HISTORICAL MYSTERIES 

10 one-reelers. 
ROBERT BENCHLEY 

8 one-reelers. 



WHEN THE DEVIL DRIVES 

By Wyndham Gittens. 
WOMAN OF SPAIN 

Novel: Scott O'Dell. 
ROBIN HOOD 
BENEFITS FORGOT 
SHOPWORN ANGEL 
BROADWAY MELODY OF 1939 
AS THOUSAND CHEER 
HONOLULU 
YELLOW JACKET 
MOLLY, BLESS HER 



SHORT SUBJECTS 



OUR GANG 

12 one-reelers. 
FITZPATRICK TRAVELTALKS 

12 one-reelers; in Technicolor. 
M-G-M CARTOONS 

13 one-reelers. 
AUDIOSCOPIK SUBJECT 

1 one-reeler. 

LAUREL-HARDY RE-ISSUES 

4; Beau Hunks, Blotto, The Perfect Day. 
County Hospital. 



PERSONNEL 



STARS: Lionel Barrymore, Freddie Bartholo- 
mew, Wallace Beery, Joan Crawford, Nel- 
son Eddy, Clark Gable, Greta Garbo, Gladys 
George, Helen Hayes, Charles Laughton, 
Myrna Loy, Jeanette MaoDonald, Marx 
Brothers, Robert Montgomery, EHeanor Powell, 
William Powell, Luise Rainer, Norma 
Shearer, Robert Taylor, Spencer Tracy. 

FEATURED PLAYERS: Elizabeth Allen, John 
Arlington, Janet Beecher, Robert Benchley, 
Ray Bolger, Ariane Borg, Matthew Boulton, 
Virginia Bruce, Billie Burke, Bruce Cabot, 
Lynne Carver, Jean Chatburn, Roger Con- 
verse, Henry Daniell, Louis Durst, Melvyn 
Douglas, Buddy Ebsen, Cliff Edwards, Madge 
Evans, Grace Ford, Betty Furness, Reginald 
Gardiner, Judy Garland, Natalie Garson, 
Charles Gorin, Charley Grapewin, Virginia 
Gray, Julie Haydon, Ted Healy, William 
Henry, Willie Howard, Rita Johnson, Allen 
Jones, Guy Kibbee, Hissa Landi, Suzanne 
Larson, Mitchell Lewis, Delia Lind, Tilly 
Losch, Douglas MacPhail, Ruby Mercer, Una 
Merkel, Frank Morgan, Stanley Morner, 
George Murphy, Edward Norris, Edna May 
Oliver, Oscar O'Shea, Maureen O'SuUivan, 
Reginald Owen, Barnett Parker, Cecilia 
Parker, Nat Pendleton, Leonard Penn, Juanita 
Ouigley, Jessie Ralph, Florence Rice, Mickey 
Rooney, Clarence Russell, Rosalind Russell, 
Lewis Stone, James Stewart, Shepard Strud- 
wick, Franchot Tone, Helen Troy, Sophie 



Tucker, Johnny Weissmuller, Dame Mae 
Whitty, Warren William, Dick Winslow, 
Cora Witherspoon, Robert Young, George 
Zucco. 

DIRECTORS: Dorothy Arzner, Frank Borzage, 
Clarence Brown, Jack Conway, George 
Cukor, Roy Del Ruth, George Fitzmaurice, 
Victor Fleming, Sidney Franklin, Robert Z. 
Leonard, Gustav Machaty, Edwin L. Marin, 
J. Walter Ruben, George Seitz, Edward Slo- 
man, John M. Stahl, Errol Taggert, Richard 
Thorpe, W. S. Van Dyke, Slauko Vorkapich, 
Sam Wood. 

WRITERS: Zee Akins, Vicki Baum, Homer 
Beery, Thomas Bell, Robert Benchley, A. W. 
Bernal, Jr., David Boehm, Herman Boxer, 
Maude Brown, Hugo Butler, Lenore Coffee, 
George Harmon Coxe, Mitzi Cummings, Ruth 
Cummings, Cliff Dixon, George C. Drum- 
gold, Virginia Faulkner, Ladislaus Bus- 
Fekete, Bradbury Foote, Douglas Foster, 
Everett Freeman, Jules Furthman, Harold 
Goldman, Frances Goodrich, Leon Gordon, 
Mauri Grashin, Eleanore Griffin, Albert 
Hackett, Comm. H. S. Haislip, Harry Hamil- 
ton, Elmer Harris, Lawrence Hazard, Philippe 
Heriat, John C. Higgins, James Hilton, Monck- 
ton Hoffe, Robert Hopkins, Cyril Hume, 
William Hurlbut, Talbot Jennings, Niki Jus- 
tin, Karl Kamb, Paul Kunasz, Noel Langley, 
Leonard Lee, Robert Lees, Anita Loos, Harry 
Loud, John Lee Mahin, Richard Maibaum, 



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PRODUCTION PROGRAMS 



Herman Mankiewicz, Morris Markey, Jack 
McGowon, Andrew Morthland, Hugh Mills, 
Ogden Nash, Frank H. O'Neill, Jr., George 
Oppenheimer, Marion Parsonnet, Robert 
Pirosh, Maurice Rapf, Stanley Rauh, Tcm 
Reed, Gottfried Reinhardt, Conrad Richter, 
Frederic I. Rinaldo, William Roberts, How- 
ard E. Rogers, Florence Ryerson, Waldo 



Call, Jr., Don Schary, E. Richard Schayer, 
George Seaton, Arthur Sheekman, Robert E. 
Sherwood, Dalton Trumbo, Catherine Turney, 
Salka Viertel, Mrs. I. Vcn Cube, Maurine 
Watkins, Claudine West, Charles E. Whit- 
taker, Carey Wilson, Walter Wise, Edgar A. 
Woolf, Philip Wylie. 



EXCHANGES 



Albany: 1060 Broadway. 
Atlanta: 198 Lickie St., N. W. 
Boston: 46 Church St. 
Butte: 109 E. Granite St. 
Charlotte: 426 W. 4th St. 
Chicago: 1327 S. Wabash Ave. 
Cincinnati: 1638 Central Parkway Blvd. 
Cleveland: 2346 Payne Ave. 
Dallas: 2013 Jackson St. 
Denver: 2100 Broadway. 
Des Moines: 618 Twelfth St. 
Detroit: 2310 Cass Ave. 
Indianapolis: 421 N. Illinois St. 
Kansas City: 220 W. 18th St. 
Los Angeles: 1620 Cordova St. 
Memphis: 502 S. Second St. 



Milwaukee: 732 W. State St. 

Minneapolis: 1104 Currie Ave. 

New Haven: 134 Meadow St. 

New Orleans: 150 S. Liberty St. 

New York: 630 Ninth Ave. 

Oklahoma City: 629 W. Grand Ave. 

Omaha: 1512 Davenport St. 

Philadelphia: 1233 Summer St. 

Pittsburgh: 1631 Blvd. of the Allies. 

Portland, Ore.: 1133 N. W. Glisan St. 

St. Louis: 3010 Olive St. 

Salt Lake City: 123 S. Second East St. 

San Francisco: 259 Hyde St. 

Seattle: 2331 Second Ave. 

Washington, D. C: 1009 New Jersey Ave., N.W. 



Monogram Pictures 

PRODUCTION LINEUP, SEASON 1937-1938 
44 FEATURES 



FEATURES SET 



BOY OF THE STREETS 

Star: Jackie Cooper, comedy-drama; by 
Rowland Brown. 

ATLANTIC FLIGHT 

Star: Dick Merrill; drama; by Dick Grace; 
screenplay: Alden Nash, Nickolas Barrows. 

HOOSIER SCHOOLBOY 

Star: Mickey Rocney; with: Ann? Nagel, 
Frank Shields, Edward Pawley, William 
Gould; drama; screanplay: Robert Lee John- 
son; director: William Nigh. 

PARADISE ISLE 

Star: Movita; with: Warren Hull, Kenn3th 
Harlan, George Piltz, Pierre Watkins; drama 
with music; by Allan Vaughan EUston; 
screenplay: Maricn Orth; producer: Dorothy 
Reid; director: Arthur Greville Collins. 

BLAZING BARRIERS 

With: Frank "Juni r" Coghlan, Edward 
Arnold, Jr., Irene Franklin, Florine Mc- 
Kinney, Guy Bates Pest, Jack Randall; orig- 
inal: Edwin C. Parsons; director: Aubrey 
Scotto. 

RIDERS OF THE DAWN 

Star: Jack Randall; with: Peggy Keys, War- 



ner Richmond, Georga Cooper; musical 
western; original: Robert Emmett; director: 
R. N. Bradbury. 

THE TIRTEENTH MAN 

With: Weldon Heyburn, Inez Courtney, 
Grace Durkin, Selmer Jackson, Eadie Adams, 
Milburn Stone; mystery: screenplay: John 
Krafft; director: William Nigh. 

LEGION OF MISSING MEN 

With: Ralph Fcrbes, Ben Alexander; drama; 
Story: Norman Houston; director: Hamilton 
MacFadden. 

LUCK OF ROARING CAMP 

With: Owen Davis, Jr., Joan Woodbury, 
Charles Brckaw, Charles King, Jr.; drama: 
original: Erel Hcrrte; screenplay: Harvey 
Gates; director: I. V. Willat. 

THE OUTER GATE 

With: Ralph Morgan, Kay Linaker, Ben Alex- 
ander, Charles Brckaw; drama; novel: 
Octavus Roy Cohen; screenplay: Laurie 
Brazee; director: Ray Cannon. 

THIRTEENTH GUEST 

With: Ginger Rogers, Lyle Talbot; novel: 



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Armitage Trail; screenplay: Frances Hyland, 

Arthur Hoerl; director: Albert Ray. 
SHADOWS OF THE ORIENT 

With: Regis Toomey, Esther Ralston, J. Far- 

rell MacDonald, Sidney Blackmer; mystery: 

by L. E. Heifetz; screenplay: Charles Fran- 
cis Royal; director: Burt Lynwood. 
ROMANCE OF THE LIMBERLOST 

Novel: Gene Stratton-Porter; screenplay: 

Harvey Gates. 
COLLEGE SWEETHEART 

By Leona Dalrymple; musical. 
LAND OF THE SKY BLUE WATER 

Star: Movita; musical; based on Charles 

Wakefield Cadman melodies. 
FRECKLES COMES HOME 

Novel: Jeannette Stratton-Porter. 
FEDERAL BULLETS 

Novel: Major George Fielding Eliot; screen- 
play: Eugen Alan. 
TELEPHONE OPERATOR 

By Barry Barringer. 
TWO WELL-DRESSED MEN 

Comedy drama; by Jack Neville: director: 

Arthur G. Collins. 
SALESLADY 

Novel: Harold Morrow. 
PORT OF MISSING GIRLS 

Drama. 
THE COUNTRY FAIR 

Comedy-drama; by Felice Hepburn. 
WOLF CALL 

By Jack London. 
THE MARINES ARE HERE 

By Franklin Adreon, Jr., screenplay: Charles 

Logue. 
FALSE COLORS 

By Ruth Erwin. 
A BRIDE FOR HENRY 

By Josephine Bentham; screenplay: Marion 

Orth. 
THE GIRL NEXT DOOR 

Comedy drama; by Stephen Warding. 



NUMBERED WOMAN 

By Harrison Jacob. 
SCANDAL 

By Kathleen Shepard. 
QUEEN OF THE YUKON 

By Jack London. 
CIRCUS LADY 

By Llewellyn Hughes; screenplay: Marion 

Orth. 
MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME 

Drama with music; by Hugh Prince. 
DANGER VALLEY 

Musical western; star: Jack Randall. 
WHERE THE WEST BEGINS 

Musical western; star: Jack Randall; by 

Robert Emmett. 
SNOW DUST 

Musical western; star Jack Randall. 
WONDER OF THE WEST 

Musical western; star Jack Randall. 
MAN FROM HELL'S RIVER 

Musical western; star Jack Randall. 
THE LAST FRONTIER 

Musical western; star Jack Randall. 
MAN'S COUNTRY 

Musical western; star Jack Randall. 
WEST OF RAINBOW'S END 

Western. 
A RIDIN' GENT 

Western. 
THE CODE OF THE RANGE 

Western. 
TRAININ' BACK 

Western. 
ROMANCE OF THE RIO GRANDE 

Western. 
GOD'S COUNTRY AND THE MAN 

Western. 
THE PAINTED TRAIL 

Western. 
THE COUNTRY BEYOND 

Western. 



PERSONNEL 



PRODUCERS: Ken Goldsmith, Lon Young, R. N. 
Bradbury, Dorothy Reid, Joseph Henry 
Steele. 

PLAYERS: Jackie Cooper, Dick Merrill, Mickey 
Rooney, Anne Nagel, Frank Shields, Wel- 
don Heyburn, Jack Randall, Inez Courtney, 
Edward Arnold, Jr., Movita, Warren Hull, 
Ralph Forbes, Ben Alexander, Joan Wood- 
bury, Owen Davis, Jr., Charles Brokaw, 
Frank Coghlan, Jr., Florine McKinney, Ralph 



Morgan, Kay Linaker, Grace Durkin, Ed- 
ward Pawley, Selmer Jackson. 

DIRECTORS: R. N. Bradbury, William Nigh, 
Aubrey Scotto, Arthur Greville Collins, I. V. 
Willat, William Berke. 

WRITERS: Robert Lee Johnson, Edwin C. Par- 
sons, John Krafft, Harvey Gates, Marion 
Orth, Robert Emmett, Dick Grace Charles 
Logue, Alden Nash, Nickolas Barrows, Barry 
Barringer, Eugene Alan. 



Atlanta: 163 Walton St. 
Charlotte: 224 S. Second St. 
New Orleans: 223 S. Liberty St. 
Memphis: 395 S. Second St. 



EXCHANGES 



Boston: 39 Church St. 
Buffalo: 505 Pearl St. 
Chicago: 843 S. Wabash Ave. 
Qincinnati: 1635 Central Parkway. 



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STUDIO 



IRVING CHIDNOFF 

"Portraitiere to the Industry' 



469 FIFTH AVENUE 
NEW YORK CITY 



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PRODUCTION PROGRAMS 



Cleveland: Film Exchange Bldg. 

Dallas: 304 S. Harwood St. 

Denver: 2071 Broadv^^ay. 

Salt Lake City: 258 E. 1st South St. 

Des Moines: 515-A Tenth St. 

Omaha: 1503 Davenport St. 

Detroit: Film Bldg. 

Kansas City, Mo.: 130 W. 18th St. 

St. Louis: 3212 Olive St. 

Los Angeles: 1924 S. Vermont Ave. 



San Francisco: 308 Turk St. 
Milwaukee: 1030 N. 8th St. 
Minneapolis: 35 Glenwood Ave. 
New York: 603 Ninth Ave. 
Philadelphia: 2141 Vine St. 
Washington, D. C: 203 Eye St., N. W. 
Oklahoma City: 702 V2 Grand Ave., W. 
Pittsburgh: 425 Van Braam St. 
Seattle: 2422 Second St. 
Portland, Ore.: 4603 Wisteria St., N. E. 



Mutual Motion Picture 

Distributors 

DISTRIBUTION LINEUP, SEASON 1937-1938 
12 FEATURES 

FEATURES SET 



WITH LIVINGSTON IN AFRICA 

Producer: James A. FitzPatrick; star: Percy 
Marmont. 

WAJAN: THE SON OF THE WITCH 



HEAD HUNTERS OF BORNEO 
THE NEW GULLIVER 
CLOISTERED 



Olympic Pictures Corp- 

DISTRIBUTION LINEUP, SEASON 1937-1938 
16 FEATURES 



BELLA DONNA 
NIGHT CLUB QUEEN 
MURDER IN THE RED BARN 
WANDERING JEW 
WITHOUT WARNING 
CAPTAIN MOONLIGHT 
BLIND JUCTINCE 
CROUCHING BEAST 



MURDER BY APPOINTMENT 

PHANTOM FIEND 

TRIUMPH OF SHERLOCK HOLMES 

BROKEN MELODY 

FOUR MASKED MEN 

GHOST CAMERA 

HIGH TREASON 

SHERLOCK, JR. 



Paramount Pictures 

PRODUCTION LINEUP, SEASON 1937-1938 
50-60 FEATURES • 102 SHORT SUBJECTS • 104 NEWSREELS 



FEATURES SET 



HIGH, WIDE AND HANDSOME 

Star: Irene Dunne; with: Randolph Scott, 
Dorothy Lamour, Akim Tamiroff, Raymond 
Walburn, Ben Blue, Charles Bickford; direc- 
tor: Rouben Mamoulian. 



SOULS AT SEA 

Stars: Gary Cooper, George Raft; v/ith: 
Frances Dee, Henry Wilcoxon, Olympe 
Bradna. 



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PRODUCTION PROGRAMS 



ARTISTS AND MODELS 

With: Jack Benny, Ida Lupino, Richard Al- 
ien, Gail Patrick, Judy Canova, Ben Blue, 
the Yacht Club Boys, Andre Kostelanetz 
and Orchestra, Louis Armstrong and Band. 

ANGEL 

Star: Marlene Dietrich; with Herbert Mar- 
shall, Melvyn Douglas, Edward Everett 
Horton; director: Ernst Lubitsch. 

SAPPHIRE SAL 

Star: Mae West; producer: Emanuel Cohen. 

EBB TIDE 

In Technicolor: with: Ray Milland, Frances 
Farmer, Oscar Homolka, Lloyd Nolan. 

SPAWN OF THE NORTH 

With: Beulah Bond. 

DOUBLE OR NOTHING 

With: Bing Crosby, Martha Raye, Andy 
iDevine, Mary Carlisle. 

ARGENTINE LOVE 

With; George Raft, Ida Lupino, Dorothy 
Lamour. 

TRUE CONFESSION 

Stars: Carole Lombard, Fred MocMurray; 
director: Wesley Ruggles. 

COLLEGE SWING 

With: George Burns, Gracie Allen, Martha 
Raye, Charles Butterworth, Eleanore Whit- 
ney, Ben Blue, Johnny Downs, Rufe Davis, 
John Howard, Robert Cummings, Marsha 
Hunt, Olympe Bradna. 

WELLS FARGO 

With: Joel McCrea, Frances Dee, Bob Burns, 
Lloyd Nolan; director: Frank Lloyd. 

BUCCANEER 

Star: Frederic March; with: Franciska Gaal, 
Akim Tamiroff, Anthony Quinn, Olympe 
Bradna, Larry Crabbe, Ian Keith, Porter 
Hall; produced and directed by Cecil B. 
deMille. 

CHOCOLATE PARADE 

With: Louis Armstrong and Band. 

YOU AND ME 

Stars: Sylvia Sidney, George Raft; director: 
Fritz Lang: musical score: Kurt Weil. 

BLUEBEARD'S EIGHTH WIFE 

Star: Claudette Colbert; director: Ernst 
Lubitsch. 

BIG BROADCAST OF 1938 

With: Jack Benny, George Burns, Gracie 
Allen, Martha Raye, Shirley Ross, Dorothy 
Lamour, Ben Blue, Leif Erikson. 

WHAT HO! 

Star: Gory Cooper; producer: Emanuel 
Cohen. 

THINGS BEGAN TO HAPPEN 

Star: W. C. Fields. 



BEAU GESTE 

In Technicolor: with: George Raft, Oscar 
Homolka, Ray Milland; director: Henry Hath- 
away. 

MIDNIGHT 

Star: Marlene Dietrich; with: Georges 
Rigaud. 

PROFESSOR BEWARE 
Star: Harold Lloyd. 

THE VAGABOND KING 

In Technicolor; producer: Frank Lloyd. 

PARIS HONEYMOON 

With: Bing Crosby, Franciska Gaal, Akim 
Tamiroff, Ben Blue. 

BOOLOO 

Native Malay Peninsula cast. 

THIS WAY, PLEASE 

With: Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Mary Liv- 
ingstone, Ned Sparks, Betty Grable, Fibber 
McGee and Molly. 

HER JUNGLE LOVE 

With: Dorothy Lamour, Ray Milland. 

BONANZA 

With: Edward Arnold, George Bancroft, John 
Trent; producer: B. P. Schulberg. 

THE BARRIER 

By Rex Beach; with: James Ellison; Jane 
Wyatt, Leo Carrillo, Beulah Bondi, Robert 
Barrat. 

YESTERDAY'S CHEERS 

With: John Howard, Terry Walker, Robert 
Cummings, John Patterson, Marsha Hunt, 
Larry Crabbe. 

DANCE FOR THE LADY 

With: Judy Canova, Leif Erikson, Johnny 
Downs, Betty Grable, Marsha Hunt, June 
Martel. 

GOOD NIGHT, LADIES 

With: Lynne Overman, Benny Baker, Ele- 
anore Whitney, Johnny iDowns, Terry 
Walker. 

DAUGHTER OF THE TONG 

With: Anna May Wong, Akim Tamiroff. 

MURDER GOES TO JAIL 

With: Lynne Overman, Roscoe Karns. 

SUMMER ROMANCE 

With: Ben Blue, Betty Grable, Leif Erikson, 
Larry Crabbe, the Yacht Club Boys, John 
Howard, Romo Vincent; producer: Fanchon. 

PRISON FARM 

ON SUCH A NIGHT 

With: Grant Richards, Karen Morley, Milli 
Monti, Roscoe Karns, Allan Mowbray. 

SOPHIE LANG GOES WEST 

Featuring: Gertrude Michael, Lee Bowman, 
Larry Crabbe. 

BULLDOG DRUMMOND FEATURES 

Three; with: John Howard, Akim Tamiroff, 
John Barrymore, Reginald Denny. 



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JAIME del AMO 

Producer 

CANTABRIA FILMS 

Presents 

ROSITA DIAZ 

in 

"LA VIDA BOHEMIA" 

With Gilbert Roland, Miguel Legero 

Jose Crespo 

Juan Torena, Romualdo Tirado 

Adaptation and Screenplay 
Jose Lopez Rubio 

JOSEF BERNE , a a . 

' In production at 

Associate Producer Hollywood Studios 

and Director Hollywood, Calif. 

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PRODUCTION PROGRAMS 



FU MANCHU 

With: Akim Tamiroff. 
HOPALONG CASSIDY WESTERNS 

Six; star: William Boyd; producer: Harry- 
Sherman. 

ARIZONA AMES 

Zone Grey Western. 

MEN WITH WINGS 
By Cecil Lewis. 



RULERS OF THE SEA 
THE LIGHT THAT FAILED 

By Rudyard Kipling. 
THE LIFE AND LOVES OF VICTOR HERBERT 
THE COUNT OF LUXEMBOURG 

Franz Lehar operetta. 
MANANA 

Musical. 



SHORT SUBJECTS 



POPEYE THE SAILOR CARTOONS 

12 one-reelers; producer: Max Fleischer. 
BETTY BOOP CARTOONS 

12 one-reelers; producer: Max Fleischer. 
SCREEN SONGS 

6 one-reelers. 
PARAMOUNT HEADLINERS 

15 one-reelers. 
PARAMOUNT PICTORIALS 

12 one-reelers. 
PARAMOUNT PARAGRAPHICS 

13 one-reelers. 



GRANTLAND RICE SPORTLIGHTS 

13 one-reelers. 
UNUSUAL OCCUPATIONS 

6 one-reelers; in Cinecolor. 
COLOR CLASSIC CARTOONS 

6 one-reelers; in Technicolor. 
POPULAR SCIENCE 

6 one-reelers; in Cinecolor. 
POPEYE THE SAILOR MEETS ALI BABA AND 

THE FORTY THIEVES 

Two-reel cartoon special. 



PERSONNEL 



PLAYERS: Edward Arnold, Lew Ayres, Benny 
Baker, Robert Baldwin, George Barbier, 
Bennie Bartlett, Jack Benny, Charles Bick- 
ford, Ben Blue, Beulah Bondi, Barlowe Bor- 
land, Lee Bowman, William Boyd, Olympe 
Bradna, Bob Burns, George Burns, Gracie 
Allen, Charles Butterworth, Louise Camp- 
bell, Mary Carlisle, Nancy Clancy, Clau- 
dette Colbert, Ruth Coleman, Gary Cooper, 
Mady Correll, Larry Crabbee, Bing Crosby, 
Robert Cunnings, Cecil Cunningham, Irene 
Dale, Billy Daniels, Louis DaPron, Rufe 
Davis, Frances Dee, Marlene Dietrich, John- 
ny Downs, Irene Dunne, James Ellison, Leif 
Erikson, Frances Farmer, W. C. Fields, 
Judith Ford, William Frawley, Franciska 
Gaal, Niela Goodelle, Betty Grable, Porter 
Hall, Russell Hayden, George Hayes, Orien 
Heyward, Fay Holden, David Holt, Oscar 
Homolka, John Howard, Marsha Hunt, Ros- 
coe Karns, Kathryn Kay, Dorothy Lamour, 
Billy Lee, Beatrice Lillie, Lucien Littlefield, 
Carole Lombard, Nick Lukats, Ida Lupino, 
Fred MacMurray, June Martel, Ray Middle- 
ton, Ray Milland, MiUie Monti, Priscilla 
Moran, Karen Morley, Lloyd Nolan, Lynne 
Overman, Gail Patrick, Elizabeth Patterson, 
John Patterson, John Payne, Anthony Quinn, 
George Raft, Terry Ray, Martha Raye, 
Grant Richards, William Roberts, Shirley 
Ross, Charlie Ruggles, Randolph Scott, Har- 
vey Stephens, Gladys Swarthout, Akim 
Tamiroff, Colin Tapley, John Trent, Terry 
Walker, Gustav Wally, Virginia Weidler, 



Mae West, Eleanore Whitney, Warren Will- 
iam, Charlene Wyatt. 

PRODUCER-DIRECTORS: Cecil B. deMille, 
Frank Lloyd, Ernst Lubitsch, Leo McCarey, 
Wesley Ruggles, William Wellman. 

DIRECTORS: George Archainbaud, Charles 
Barton, Robert Florey, Alexander Hall, Henry 
Hathaway, James Hogan, Mitchell Leisen, 
Ted Reed, A. Edward Sutherland, Frank 
Tuttle. 

WRITERS: Doris Anderson, Stuart Anthony, 
Duke Atteberry, Emily Barrye, Edmond 
Beloin, William B. Beymer, Claude Binyon, 
True Boardman, Charles Brackett, Frederick 
Hazlitt Brennan, Frank Butler, Ann Morrison 
Chapin, Jack Cunningham, Walter DeLeon, 
Howard Estabrook, Dale Van Every, Gilbert 
Gabriel, Grant Garrett, Gerald Geraghty, 
Eve Greene, Don Hartman, Lillie Hayward, 
Arthur S. Kane, Stuart N. Lake, Harold 
Lomb, Cecil Lewis, W. P. Lipscomb, Edward 
T. Lowe, Jeanie Macpherson, Philip Mac 
Donald, Frances E. Martin, Joseph Moncure 
March, Brian Marlowe, Edwin Justus Mayer, 
Max Miller, John C. Moffitt, William Morrow, 
Clifford Odets, Seena Owen, Frank Partos, 
John Sanford, Paul Sloane, Paul Gerard 
Smith, Louis Stevens, Preston Sturges, C. 
Gardner Sullivan, Gladys linger, Virginia 
Van Upp, Bobby Vernon, Harlan Ware, 
Edward Welch, Garnett Weston, Billy Wil- 
der, Robert Wyler, Robert Yost. 



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"Love Is News" (20th Century-Fox) 

"Slave Ship" (20th Century-Fox) 

"Stand In" (Walter Wanger-U. A.) 

Directed by 

TAY GARNETT 




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EXCHANGES 



New York: 331 W. 44th St. 
Albany: 1044 Broadway. 
Buffalo: 464 Franklin St. 
Philadelphia: 248 N. 12th St. 
Washington, D. C: 1101 N. Capitol St. 
Cleveland: 1735 E. 23rd St. 
Columbus: 161 N. Fifth St. 
Pittsburgh: 1727 Blvd. of the Allies. 
Cincinnati: 1214 Central Parkway. 
Boston: 58 Berkeley St. 
New Haven: 82 State St. 
Portland, Me.: 263 St. John St. 
Atlanta: 154 Walton St., N. W. 
Memphis: 265 S. Front St. 
Charlotte: 305 S. Church St. 
Jacksonville: 110 N. Lee St. 
New Orleans: 215 S. Liberty St. 
Dallas: 412 S. Harwood St. 
San Antonio: 501 Soledad St. 



Oklahoma City: 701 W. Grand Ave. 

Chicago: 1306 S. Michigan Ave. 

Detroit: 479 Ledyard Ave. 

Milwaukee: 1121 N. Eighth St. 

Indianapolis: 116 W. Michigan St. 

Kansas City: 1800 Wyandotte St. 

St. Louis: 3201 Olive St. 

Omaha: 1704 Davenport St. 

Des Moines: 1125 High St. 

Denver: 2100 Stout St. 

Salt Lake City: 200 E. 1st South St. 

Butte: 107 Granite St. 

Los Angeles: 1613 W. 20th St. 

San Francisco: 201 Golden Gate Ave. 

Seattle: 2413 Second Ave. 

Portland, Ore.: 909 N. W. 19th St. 

Minneapolis: 1100 Currie Ave. 

Sioux Falls: 318 S. Maine Ave. 



Pictorial Films 



PRODUCTION LINEUP, SEASON 1937-1938 
13 SHORT SUBJECTS 



SPORTS SHORTS 

Ski-Esta, Hits, Runs 'n' Errors, Sport of 
Fencing, Swimming, Tennis, Winter Sports, 
Boxing, LaCrosse. 



TRAVEL SHORTS 

Czechoslovakia, Madeira — Pearl of the At- 
lantic, China, Palestine, Egypt. 



Principal Productions, Inc. 

PRODUCTION LINEUP, SEASON 1937-1938 
9 FEATURES 



FEATURES 



BOBBY BREEN FEATURES 

Three; to be released through RKO. 
TARZAN FEATURES 

Two; star: Glenn Morris; release through 
20th Century-Fox. 



OUTDOOR ACTION FEATURES 

Four, star: Smith Ballew; release through 
20th Century-Fox. 



PERSONNEL 



PRODUCERS: Sol Lesser, Ed Gross, Barney 
Briskin. 

STARS: Bobby Breen, Glen Morris, Smith Bal- 
lew, Lou Gehrig. 

DIRECTORS: Kurt Neumann, Gus Meins, How- 
ard Bretherton. 



WRITERS: Gertrude Berg, Bernard Schubert, 
Nicholas Gyory, Fulop Miller, Earle Snell, 
Gilbert Wright, Lee Freeman, Carroll Young, 
Adrian Levy. 



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EUGENE STRONG 



ASSOCIATE PRODUCER 



"THE BARRIER" 

A Harry Sherman — Paramount Production 



Hopalong Cassidy Westerns 

1936-1937 Series 
Harry Sherman — Paramount Productions 



WILLIAM WATSON 



DIRECTOR-WRITER 

EDUCATIONAL 
20th CENTURY-FOX 



GENERAL SERVICE STUDIO 
35-11 35th Ave. Astoria, L 



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PRODUCTION PROGRAMS 



RKO Radio Pictures 

PRODUCTION LINEUP, SEASON 1937-1938 
56 FEATURES • 94 SHORT SUBJECTS • 104 NEWSREELS 



FEATURES SET 



SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS 

Feature cartoon; in Technicolor; producer: 
Walt iDisney. 

STAGE DOOR 

By George S. Kaufman, Edna Ferber; stars: 
Katherine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, Adolphe 
Menjou; director: Gregory LaCava; pro- 
ducer: Pandro S. Berman. 

ROOM SERVICE 

IRENE 

Star: Ginger Rogers. 

VICTORIA THE GREAT 

Producer: Herbert Wilcox; stars: Anton Wal- 
brook, Anna Neagle; produced in England. 

NEW FACES OF 1938 
ASTAIRE-ROGERS VEHICLE 

Producer: Pandro S. Berman; musical asso- 
ciate: Irving Berlin; stars: Fred Astaire, 
Ginger Rogers. 

PERFECT HARMONY 

Stars: Charles Boyer, Ginger Rogers; direc- 
tor: Rouben Mamoulian. 

THE JOY OF LIVING 

Stars: Irene Dunne, John Barrymore; music, 
story, lyrics: Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields, 
Herbert Fields; producer: Felix Young. 

THE GIRL IN A CAGE 

Star: Lily Pons; cast: Jack Oakie, Erik 
Rhodes, producer: Jesse L. Lasky. 

MUSIC FOR MADAME 

Star: Nino Martini; with: Joan Fontaine; 
music: Rudolph Friml; lyrics: Gus Kahn; ad- 
ditional music: Herb Magidson, AUie Wru- 
bel; producer: Jesse L. Lasky. 

FIT FOR A KING 

Star: Joe E. Brown; with: Helen Mack, Paul 
Kelly, Halliwell Hobbes, Harry Davenport, 
Frank Reicher, Charles Lane; producer: 
David L. Loew; director: Edward Sedgwick. 



LOVE BELOW FREEZING 

Stars: Mitzi Green, Ruby Keeler; music: Lew 
Brown, Ray Henderson; producer: Pandro S. 
Herman. 

GEORGE O'BRIEN FEATURES 

Six: produced by Condor Pictures. 

RADIO CITY REVELS 

Musical; cast: Bob Burns, Jack Oakie, Vic- 
tor Moore, Lucille Ball, Buster West, Melissa 
Mason; producer: P. J. Wolfson. 

THE LIFE OF THE PARTY 

Musical: cast: Joe Penner, Parkyakarkus, 
Victor Moore, Gene Raymond, Harriet Hilli- 
ard, Helen Broderick, Eric Blore; musical: 
Herb Magidson, AUie Wrubel; producer: 
Edward Kaufman; director: William A. 
Setter. 

HAVING A WONDERFUL TIME 

Producer: Pandro S. Herman; play: Arthur 
Kober; cast: Jack Oakie. 

ANNAPOLIS SALUTE 

With: James Ellison, Marsha Hunt, Harry 
Carey, Van Heflin; producer: Robert Sisk; 
director: Christy Cabanne. 

DON'T FORGET TO REMEMBER 

With: Burgess Meredith, Ann Sothern, On- 
slow Stevens, Mary Boland; producer: Al- 
bert Lewis; director: Joseph Santley. 

FORTY NAUGHTY GIRLS 

With: James Gleason, ZaSu Pitts, Marjorie 
Lord; producer: William Sistrom; director: 
Edward Cline. 

FIGHT FOR YOUR LADY 

With: John Boles, Jack Oakie, Ida Lupino, 
Margot Grahame, Erick Rhodes; producer: 
Albert Lewis; director: Ben Stoloff. 

SATURDAY'S HEROES 

With: Van Heflin, Marian Marsh, Richard 
Lane, Minor Watson, George Irving; pro- 
ducer: Robert Sisk; director: Edward Killy. 



SHORT SUBJECTS 



MICKEY MOUSE CARTOONS 

9 one-reelers; produced by Walt Disney. 
SILLY SYMPHONY CARTOONS 

9 one-reelers: produced by Walt Disney. 
THE MARCH OF TIME 

13 one-reelers. 



MUSICALS 

19 one-reelers; 13 producc?d by Condor Pic- 
tures; six produced by Atlas Pictures. 

SPORTS WITH BILL CORUM 

13 one-reelers; produced by Condor Pic- 
tures. 



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H. BRUCE HUMBERSTONE 



Director 



CHARLIE CHAN AT THE OLYMPICS 



CHARLIE CHAN AT THE OPERA 



CHARLIE CHAN AT THE RACE TRACK 



THREE LIVE GHOSTS 




DE LUXE LABORATORIES. Inc. 

441 . 441 WEST 55«h STREET • NEW YORK CITY 




A COMPLETE LABORATORY SERVICE 

BOTH IN 

16 M. M. AND 35 M. M. 

FOR THE DISCRIMINATING BUYER OF 

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PRODUCTION PROGRAMS 



PATHE PARADE 

7 one-reelers; produced by Pathe News, 
Inc. 

EDGAR KENNEDY COMEDIES 

Six two-reelers. 

LEON ERROL COMEDIES 

Six two-reelers. 



RADIO FLASHES 

Three two-reel comedies. 
HEADLINERS 

Three two-reel comedies. 
SMART SET COMEDIES 

Three two-reelers. 
RADIO MUSICALS 

Three two-reelers. 



PERSONNEL 



PLAYERS: Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire, Kath- 
arine Hepburn, Lily Pons, Barbara Stan- 
wyck, Herbert Marshall, Joe Penner, Burgess 
Meredith, Ann Sothern, Charles Boyer, Mir- 
iam Hopkins, Louis Hayward, Irene Dunne, 
Nino Martini, Mitzi Green, Joan Fontaine, 
Harriet Hilliard, Milton Berle, Majorie Lord, 
Diana Gibson, Dorothy Moore, Constance 
Worth, Joan Woodbury, Ada Leonard, 
Thelma Leeds, Frances Gilford, Ann Hovey, 
Elizabeth Russell, Alan Bruce, Gordon Jones, 
Richard Lane, Onslow Stevens, Jack Oakie, 
Preston Foster, Gene Raymond, Anne Shir- 
ley, Fred Stone, Bert Wheeler, Robert 
Woolsey, Helen Broderick, Victor Moore, 
Margot Grahame, John Beal, Parkyakarkus, 
Walter Abel, Erik Rhodes, Erik Blore, Edu- 
ardo Cinanelli, James Gleason, Billy Gilbert, 
Paul Guilfoyle, Van Heflin, Maxine Jenn- 
ings, Bradley Page, Lee Patrick, Barbara 
Pepper, Lucille Ball, Frank M. Thomas, Pa- 
tricia Wilder, Buster West, Joan Bennett, 
Willie Best, John Boles, William Brisbane, 
Jack Carson, Dudley Clements, Claudette 
Colbert, William Corson, Alec Craig, Derry 
Deane, James Ellison, Bert Tordon, Robert 
Hatcher, George Irving, Lorraine Krueger, 
Marie Marks, Melissa Mason, Ray Mayer, 
Tommy Mack, Ann Miller, Eddie Rio, Dor- 
othy Roberts, Leona Roberts, Elizabeth Rus- 
sell, George Shelley, Smith and Dale, Mar- 
ilyn Vernon, Crawford Weaver. 



PRODUCERS: Pandro S. Berman, Jesse L. 
Lasky, Edward Small, Maurice Cohen, Ed- 
ward Kaufman, Al Lewis, Lee Marcus, Qiff 
Reid, Robert Sisk, William Sistrom, P. J. 
Wolfson. 

DIRECTORS: John Blystone, Christy Cabanne. 
Edward Cline, Wallace Fox, Howard Hawks, 
Ben Holmes, Leigh Jason, Edward Killy, 
Gregory LaCava, Lew Landers, Rowland V. 
Lee, Joseph Lerner, Rouben Mamoulian, 
Richard Rosson, Mark Sandrich, Alfred 
Santell, William Seiter, Joseph Santley, 
George Stevens, Ben Stoloff. 

WRITERS: Dudley Nichols, Allan Scott, Irwin 
Shaw, Dorothy Yost, Paul Yawitz, Com- 
mander Frank Wead, Mortimer Offner, 
Philip G. Epstein, John Twist, Anthony 
Veiller, S. K. Lauren, Gladys Atwater, Sy 
Bartlett, George Beck, J. Robert Bren, Frank- 
lin Coen, Daniel Fuchs, Bert Granet, Robert 
Harari, Edmund L. Hartman, Lionel Houser, 
Edmund Joseph, Charles Kauffman, Harold 
Kusell, William Slovens McNutt, Jack Mintz, 
Ernest Pagano, Gertrude Purcell, Benny 
Rubin, Joel Sayre, Harry Segall, Maxwell 
Shane, Violo Brothers Shore, David Silver- 
stein, William W. Watson, Edward Dein, 
John Grey, Arthur Kober, Sascha Laurence, 
Robert McGowan, Helen Meinardi, Edward 
Melcher, Morrie Ryskind, Jacques Thery, 
Hager Wilde, P. G. Wodehouse. 



EXCHANGES 



Albany: 1048 Broadway. 
Boston: 60 Church St. 
Buffalo: 505 Pearl St. 
Cincinnati: 1634 Central Parkway. 
Cleveland: 2340 Payne Ave. 
Detroit: 2310 Cass Ave. 
Indianapolis: 428 N. Illinois St. 
New Haven: 134 Meadow St. 
New York: 630 Ninth Ave. 
Philadelphia: 302 N. 13th St. 
Pittsburgh: 1623 Blvd. of the Allies. 
Washington, D. C: 203 Eye St., N. W. 
Chicago: 1023 S. Wabash Ave. 
Des Moines: 1022 High St. 
Kansas City: 1712 Wyandotte St. 
Milwaukee: 1131 N. 8th St. 
Minneapolis: 1025 Currie Ave., N. 



W. 



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Omaha; 1508 Davenport St. 
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Republic Pictures Corp, 

PRODUCTION LINEUP, SEASON 1937-1938 
54 FEATURES • 4 SERIALS 



FEATURES SET 



MANHATTAN MERRY-GO-ROUND 

Musical; star: Phil Regan. 
WAGONS WESTWARD 

Outdoor drama: book: Armstrong Perry. 
HIT PARADE OF 1938 

Musical; star: Phil Regan. 
ALL HANDS ON DECK 

Musical. 
THE RACKET BUSTER 

Gangster drama. 
COME ON. LEATHERNECKS 

Action drama; from: "One If By Land," by 

Winston Miller. 
STORMY WEATHER 

Comedy: with Alison Skipworth, Polly 

Moran, Max Terhune. 
THE RETURN OF RAFFLES 

Detective mystery; by Barry Perowne. 
NAVY BRIDE 

Action drama; by Mildred Cram. 
BORN TO BE WILD 

Action drama. 
HOLLYWOOD BAND WAGON 

Musical; star: Phil Regan; from "Hail from 

Heaven," by Everett Freeman. 
MEET THE DUCHESS 

Comedy, with Alison Skipworth, Polly 

Moran, Max Terhune. 
THE SMART GUY 

Racketter drama. 
ALL AMERICAN GIRL 

Musical; star: Phil Regan; from "Romance 

By Request," by Jerry Wald, Jules Epstein, 

Phil Epstein. 
FOUR MARKED MEN 

Mystery drama; by Gordon Kahn. 
PRISON NURSE 

Action drama; by Ann Harolde, Henry 

Blankfort; book by Louis Berg, M.D. 
ISLAND OF FORGOTTEN MEN 

Action drama; by Malcolm Wheeler- Nichol- 
son. 
LADIES MAKE NEWS 

Comedy drama. 
THE DUKE COMES BACK 

Comedy drama; by Lucien Cary. 



GET YOUR MAN 

Action drama; by Ethel and James Dorrance. 

CRIME FOR SALE 
Gangster drama. 

QUEEN OF BURLESQUE 

Comedy drama; from "Strip Tease," by Les- 
ton Huntley, Albert Barker; treatment: Ann 
Harolde. 

SWEET AND HOT 

Musical; by Ann Lawrence. 

THE GIRL I LOVED 

Drama; by James Whitcomb Riley. 

FIGHTING IRISH 

Comedy drama; by John Hopper. 

HONOLULU HOLIDAY 
Musical comedy. 

HOT MILLIONS 
Action drama. 

ROMANCE IN THE HILLS 

Action drama; by Ann Harolde. 

COLLEGE NIGHTS 
Musical. 

CRASHING THE FRONT PAGE 
Action drama. 

GENE AUTRY WESTERNS 

Star: Gene Autry; producer: Sol Siegel; 
titles: Public Cowboy No. One; The Old 
Barn Dance, Roll Wagon Roll, Boots and 
Saddles. 

GENE AUTRY MUSICAL WESTERNS 

Star: Gene Autry; producer: Sol Siegel; 
titles: Calling All Cowboys, Calgary or 
Bust, Saddle Pals, Man from Music Moun- 
tain. 

"THREE MESQUITEERS" WESTERNS 

Ideas by William Colt MacDonald; pro- 
ducer: Sol Siegel; titles: Heart of the Rock- 
ies, The Trigger Trio, Wild Horse Rodeo, 
The Purple Vigilantes, Call the Mesquiteers! , 
Riders of the Black Hills, Outlaws of Sonora, 
Timberline Cowboys. 

BOB STEELE WESTERNS 

Star: Bob Steele; producer: A. W. Hackel; 
titles: Arizona Gun Fighter, Ridin' the Lone 
Trail, Thunder in the Desert, Colorado Kid, 
Mutiny in Skeleton Canyon, Courage of 
Texas Ryan, Desert of Missing Men, Return 
of Fraw Dawson. 



SERIALS 



DICK TRACY RETURNS 

Producer: Sol Siegel. 
HAWK OF THE WILDERNESS 

Book by William Chester; producer: 
Siegel. 



Sol 



THE LONE RANGER 

Producer: Sol Siegel. 
THE FIGHTING DEVIL DOGS 

Producer: Sol Siegel. 



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PRODUCTION LINEUP, SEASON 1937-1938 
6 FEATURES • 12 SHORT SUBJECTS 



Released by Melro-Goldwyn-Mayer 

FEATURES 



TOPPER 

Cast: Constance Bennett, Cary Grant, Roland 
Young, Billie Burke; director: Norman Z. 
McLeod; novel: Thorne Smith; adaptation: 
Jack Jevne, Eric Hatch, Eddie Moran; asso- 
ciate producer: Milton H. Bren. 
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Cast; Oliver Hardy, Patsy Kelly, Lyda Ro- 
berti, John Barrymore; novel: Eric Hatch; 



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adaptor: Marc Connelly; director: Lewis 

Milestone; music: Hoagy Carmichael. 
LOVE WITHOUT REASON 

Novel: E. J. Rath; director: Norman Z. 

Leod. 
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By Eric Hatch. 
REX, KING OF WILD HORSES 

In Technicolor. 
ARE YOU BEAUTIFUL? 



SHORT SUBJECTS 



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PERSONNEL 

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Young, Patsy Kelly, Lyda Roberti, Rosina 
Lawrence, Elaine Shepard, William Brady, 
Doodles Weaver, George (Spanky) McFar- 



land, Carl (Alfalfa) Switzer, Darla Hood, 
Eugene (Porky) Lee, William (Buckwheat) 
Thomas. Doris (Babv Patsv} Mav. 



Leon Schlesinger 



PRODUCTION LINEUP, SEASON 1937-1938 
36 SHORT SUBJECTS 



Released through Warner Bros. 



MERRIE MELODIES 

20 one-reel cartoons; in Technicolor. 



LOONEY TUNES 

16 one-reel cartoons. 



Scientific Films, Inc. 

PRODUCTION LINEUP, SEASON 1937-1938 
12 SHORT SUBJECTS 



Distributed by Paramount 



POPULAR SCIENCE 

6 one-reelers; in Cinecolor. 



UNUSUAL OCCUPATIONS 

6 one-reelers; in Cinecolor. 



Selznick International 

Pictures, Inc- 

PRODUCTION LINEUP, SEASON 1937-1938 
8 FEATURES 

FEATURES SET 



THE PRISONER OF ZENDA 

With: Ronald Colman, Madeleine Carroll, 
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Mary Astor, C. Au- 
brey Smith, Raymond Massey, David Niven: 
director: John Cromwell; novel: Anthony 
Hope; dramatization: Edward Rose; screen- 
play: John L. Balderston; adaptation: Wells 
Root; release through United Artists. 

NOTHING SACRED 

Stars: Carole Lombard, Frederic March; di- 
rector: William A. Wellman; original story: 
Ben Hecht; in Technicolor; release through 
United Artists. 



THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER 

With: Tommy Kelly; director: H. C. Potter; 

novel: Mark Twain; screenplay: John V. A. 

Weaver; release through United Artists. 
OF GREAT RICHES 

Novel: Rose Franken; release through United 

Artists. 
EARL OF CHICAGO 

Novel: Brock Williams; release through 

United Artists. 
GONE WITH THE WIND 

Novel: Margaret Mitchell; director: George 

Cukor; screenplay: Sidney Howard; release 

not set. 



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PRODUCER: David O. Selznick. 

CO-PRODUCER: Merian C. Cooper. 

PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS: William Cameron 
Menzies, William H. Wright, Oscar Serling. 

STARS & FEATURED PLAYERS: C. Aubrey 
Smith, Alan Marshal, A. W. Sweatt, Tommy 
Kelly, Margaret Tallichet, Jackie Moran, 



Bebe Anderson, Matthew Ferguson, Alicia 
Rhett, Ted Limes. 

DIRECTORS: George Cukor, William A. Well- 
man, H. C. Potter, John Cromwell. 

WRITERS: Sidney Howard, John L. Balderston, 
Robert Carson, Ring Lardner, Jr., Bud Schul- 
berg, Elizabeth Meyer, John V. A. Weaver. 



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Harry Sherman Productions 

PRODUCTION LINEUP, SEASON 1937-1938 
9 FEATURES 

Distributed by Paramount 

REX BEACH DRAMAS 

THE BARRIER Addison Richards; director: Lesley Selander; 

Cast: James Ellison, Leo Carrillo, Robert adaptor: Bernard Schubert; additional dia- 

Barrett, Otto Kruger, J. M. Kerrigan, Allen logue: Harrison Jacobs. 

Davies, Sally Martin, Sarah Hadden, Fernan- Two more to come. 
dez Alverado, Jean Parker, Andy Clyde, 

HOP ALONG CASSIDY WESTERNS 

TEXAS TRAIL man, Billy King, Rafael Bennett, Karl Hack- 
By Qarence E. Mulford; screenplay: Jack ett, Jack Rockwell, Philo McCullough, John 
O'Donnell; director: Dave Selam; cast: Will- Beach, John Judd, Ben Corbett, Qyde Kin- 
iam Boyd, Russell Hayden, George Hayes, ney, Leo MacMahon. 
Judith Allen, Alexander Cross, Robert Kort- Five more to come. 

PERSONNEL 

PLAYERS: William Boyd, George Hayes, Rus- DIRECTOR: Lesley Selander. 

sell Hayden, James Ellison, John Beach. WRITER: Harrison Jacobs. 

Sphinx Films Corp. 

PRODUCTION LINEUP, SEASON 1937-1938 
3 FEATURES 

THE JESTER YIDDLE WITH HIS FIDDLE 

Musical; story: Joseph Green; produced Star: Molly Picon, 

abroad. 
A BRIVELE DER MAMEN 

To be produced in U. S. 



William Steiner 



DISTRIBUTION LINEUP, SEASON 1937-1938 
12 FEATURES • 2 SHORT SUBJECTS 



ACTION MELODRAMAS WESTERNS 

Six. Six. 



FEATURES 

WEST] 

Six. 

SHORT SUBJECTS 



TWO-REELERS 

The Eagle's Vengeance; My Escape from 
the Cannibals. 

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130 W. 46th Street, New York, N. Y. 



Producers of Distinctive 
Short Subjects for Foreign 
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130 West 46th Street, New York, N. Y. 



STOCK SHOTS 

For the Major — The Inde- 
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Science — History — News 

Travel — Sports — Industry 

Education 



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1937 



LOVE IS NEWS* 

Original Story* 
20th Century-Fox 



ON SUCH A 
NIGHT" 

Screen Play* 
Paramount 



*ln Collaboration 
Personal Representative 

JAMES GELLER 

Wm. Morris Agency 



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PRODUCTION PROGRAMS 



Twentieth Century -Fox 

PRODUCTION LINEUP, SEASON 1937-1938 
66 FEATURES • 12 SHORT SUBJECTS • 104 NEWSREELS 



FEATURES SET 



YOU CAN'T HAVE EVERYTHING 

Cast: Alice Faye, Ritz Brothers, Don Ameche, 
Charles Winninger, Louise Hovick, Rubinoff, 
Tony Martin, Arthur Treacher, Phyllis 
Brooks, Tip, Tap & Toe, Louis Prima, Tyler 
Brooke; director: Norman Taurog. 

ONE MILE FROM HEAVEN 

Cast: Qair Trevor, Solly Blane, Douglas 
Fowley, Fredi Washington, Bill Robinson; 
director: Allan Dwan. 

HANDY ANDY 

Re-issue; cast: Will Rogers, Robert Taylor, 
Peggy Wood, Mary Carlisle, Conchita Mon- 
tenegro, Roger Imhof; director: David Butler. 

LOVE UNDER FIRE 

Cast: Loretta Young, Don Ameche, Borrah 
Minnevich, Frances Drake, Walter Catlett, 
John Carradine, Sig Rumann, Harold Ruber; 
director: George Marshall. 

THINK FAST, MR. MOTO 

Cast: Peter Lorre, Virginia Field, Thomas 
Beck, Sig Rumann; director: Norman Foster. 

WESTERN GOLD 

Cast: Smith Ballew, Heather Angel, Spencer 
Charters, Vic Potel; director: Hov^rard 
Bretherton. 

THIN ICE 

Cast: Sonja Henie, Tyrone Power, Arthur 
Treacher, Raymond Walburn, Joan Davis, 
Sig Rumann, Alan Hale, Leah Ray, Mel- 
ville Cooper, Maurice Cass, George Givot; 
director: Sidney Lanfield. 

WILD AND WOOLY 

Cast: Jane Withers, Walter Brennan, Pauline 
Moore, Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer, Jack Searl, 
Berton Churchill, Douglas Fowley, Robert 
Wilcox, Douglas Scott; director: Alfred 
Werker. 

BORNEO 

Cast: Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson. 

DANGER— LOVE AT WORK 

Cast: Jack Haley, Ann Sothern, Edward 
Everett Horton, Mary Boland; director: Otto 
L. Preminger. 

LANCER SPY 

Cast: Dolores iDel Rio, George Sanders, 
Peter Lorre, Virginia Field, Sig Rumann, Jo- 
seph Schildkraut, Maurice Moscovich, Lionel 
Atwill, Luther Aderl; director: Gregory 
Ratoff. 

LIFE BEGINS AT COLLEGE 

Cast: Ritz Brothers, Phyllis Brooks, Tony 
Martin, Joan Davis, Fred Stone, Dixie Dun- 
bar, George Murphy, Nat Pendleton, Joan 



Marsh, Brewster Twins, Elisha Cook, Jr., 
Jed Prouty; director: William A. Seiter. 

CHARLIE CHAN ON BROADWAY 

Cast: Warner Oland, Keye Luke; director: 
Eugene Forde. 

BOOTS AND SADDLES 
Cast: Smith Ballew. 

WIFE. DOCTOR. NURSE 

Cast: Warner Baxter, Loretta Young, Virginia 
Bruce; director: Walter Lang. 

HOT WATER 

Cast: Jed Prouty, Shirley Deane, Spring 
Byington, Russell Gleason, Kenneth Howell, 
George Ernest, June Carlson, Florence Rob- 
erts, Billy Mahan, Joan Marsh, Marjorie 
Weaver; director: Frank R. Strayer. 

ALI BABA GOES TO TOWN 

Cast: Eddie Cantor, Louise Hovick, June 
Lang, Virginia Field, John Carradine, Tony 
Martin, Roland Young, Alan iDinehart, Peters 
Sisters, Douglas Dumbrille, Allan K. Foster 
troupe; director: David Butler. 

HEIDI 

Cast: Shirley Temple, Jean Hersholt, Arthur 
Treacher, Thomas Beck, Helen Westley, Sid- 
ney Blackmer, Mady Christians; director: 
Allan Dwan. 

LOVE AND HISSES 

Cast: Walter Winchell, Ben Bernie, Simon 
Simcne. 

IN OLD CHICAGO 

Cast: Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Am- 
eche, Alice Brady, Andy Devine, Brian Don- 
levy, Tom Brown, Phyllis Brooks, Burton 
Churchill, June Story, Paul Hurst, Tyler 
Brook, Spencer Charters; director: Henry 
King. 

SALLY. IRENE AND MARY 

Cost: Loretta Young, Alice Faye, Louise 
Hovick, Fred Allen, Portland Hoffa. 

FOLLOW THE SUN 

Cast: Annabella, Romeny Brent, Paul Lukas, 
iDavid Niven, Stewart Rome, Norah Swin- 
burne, Vivienne Chatterton, Lawrence Han- 
ray, Ronald Shiner, Raymond Huntley; di- 
rector: Harold Schuster. 

FORTY-FIVE FATHERS 

Cast: Jane Withers, Shirley Deane, Paul 
and Grace Hartman. 

ALEXANDER'S RAG TIME BAND 

A TRIP TO NEW YORK 

BREAD, BUTTER AND RHYTHM 

Cast: Sonja Henie, Don Ameche; director: 
Roy Del Ruth. 



139 




ROWLAND V. LEE 

Director 

"The Toast of New York" 



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PRODUCTION PROGRAMS 



THE BRIDE STEPS OUT 
AT YOUR SERVICE 
CAREER IN C MAJOR 

Cast: Myrna Loy, Warner Baxter. 
CITY COUSINS 
CHARLIE CHAN AT COLLEGE 

Cast: Warner Oland. 
CHARLIE CHAN IN RADIO CITY 

Cast: Warner Oland. 
DANCE FOOL, DANCE 
THE DIAMOND DOLL 
FOUR MEN AND A PRAYER 

Cast: Tyrone Power, Loretta Young, Don 

Ameche, Michael Whalen, Robert Kent. 
FREE TO LIVE 
THE GIANT SWING 
HE WAS HER MAN 

Cast: Gracie Fields; director: Monty Banks. 
THE DEVIL'S HIGHWAY 

Cast: Smith Ballew. 
THE GREAT DIAMOND ROBBERY 

Cast: Claire Trevor, Cesar Romero, Jane 

Darwell, Alan Dinehart, Douglas Woods, 

John Harrington, Natalie Garson. 
HEADLINE HUNTRESS 

Cast: Michael Whalen, Katherine DeMille, 

Gloria Stuart. 
HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY 
JEAN 

Cast: William Powell, Annabella. 
JESSE JAMES 
JO AND JOSETTE 

Cast: Simone Simon. 
KIDNAPPED 
KING OF THE KHYBER RIFLES 

Cast: Victor McLaglen. 
LAST YEAR'S KISSES 
LITTLE DYNAMITE 

Cast: Jane Withers. 



THE LITTLE PRINCESS 

Cast: Shirley Temple. 
LOOK OUT, MR. MOTO 

Cast: Peter Lorre, Chick Chandler, George 

Regas, Al Kikume, Rochelle Hudson, Robert 

Kent, J. Edward Bromberg; director: Norman 

Foster. 
HIS MASTER'S VOICE 

Cast: Jane Withers. 
MEET THE GIRLS 
MR. NICKELBY SITS DOWN 
MOTHER KNOWS BEST 

Cast: Dionne Quintuplets. 
PAGE MR. BARKER 

Cast: Rochelle Hudson, Phyllis Brooks, 

Michael Whalen, Robert Kent. 
RINGS ON HER FINGERS 

Cast: Michael Whalen, Gloria Stuart. 
SARATOGA CHIPS 

Cast: Eddie Cantor; director: David Butler. 
SECOND HONEYMOON 

Cast: Tyrone Power, Loretta Young. 
SHANGHAI DEADLINE 

Cast: Claire Trevor, Michael Whalen, Alan 

Dinehart. 
SIX GIRLS AND DEATH 
THE SPLINTER FLEET 
STANLEY AND LIVINGSTONE 

Cast: Osa Johnson. 
SUZANAH OF THE MOUNTAINS 

Cast: Shirley Temple. 
SUEZ 

Cast: Simcne Simon. 
TARZAN'S REVENGE 

Ca'it: Glenn Morris. 
THANK YOU, MR. MOTO 

Cast: Peter Lorre. 



SHORT SUBJECTS 

ADVENTURES OF A NEWSREEL CAMERA- 
MAN 

6 one-reelers. 
ALONG THE ROAD TO ROMANCE ON THE 
MAGIC CARPET OF MOVIETONE 

6 one-reelers; narration: Lew Lehr, Ed 



Note: Twentieth Century-Fox also handles the 
physical distribution of the Educational short 
subjects, listed under Educational. 



Thcrgersen. 



PERSONNEL 



ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS: Earl Carroll, Sam 
Engel, Milton Feld, Max Golden, Raymond 
Griffith, Nunnally Johnson, Leslie Landau, 
Kenneth Macgowan, Gene Markey, Laurence 
Schwab, John Stone, Harold Wilson. 

DIRECTORS: Otto Brower, David Butler, Allan 
Dwan, Eugene J. Forde, H. Bruce Humber- 
stone, Henry King, Sidney Lanfield, George 
Marshall, Otto Ludwig Preminger, Roy Del 
Ruth, William A. Setter, Walter Lang, 
Malcolm St. Clair, Norman Taurog, Alfred 
Werker. 

ARTISTS: Don Ameche, Warner Baxter, Thomas 
Beck, Ben Bernie, Sidney Blackmer, J. Ed- 



ward Brcmberg, John Carradine, Eddie Can- 
tor, Walter Catlett, Lon Chaney, Jr., Buddy 
Clark, Melville Cooper, Alan Dinehart, Brian 
Donlevy, Georgs Ernest, Sidney Fialds, Doug- 
las Fowley, Jack Haley, Jean Hersholt, Ken- 
neth Howell, Robert Kent, Allan Lane, Peter 
Lorre, Robert Lowery, Keye Luke, Billy 
Mohan, Tony Martin, Frank McGrath, 
Victor McLaglen, Paul McVey, Bcrrah Mine- 
vitch, Warner Oland, Tyrone Power, Jed 
Prouty, Gregory Ratoff, Bill Robinson, The 
Ritz Brothers, Sig Rumann, Georga Sanders, 
Douglas Scott, Charles Sellon, Slim Summer- 
ville, Charles Tannen, Arthur Treacher, 



141 



JACK CONWAY 

Director 

"SARATOGA" 

(M-G-M) 



WESLEY RUGGLES 

Producing and Directing 

for 

PARAMOUNT 



'VALIANT IS THE WORD FOR CARRIE" 

"THE BRIDE COMES HOME" 

"I MET HIM IN PARIS" 



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PRODUCTION PROGRAMS 



Michael Whalen, Walter Winchell, Fred 
Allen, George Barbier, Sven Borg, Jack 
Byron, Maurice Cass, Cesar Romero, Jo- 
seph Schildkraut. 

Phyllis Brooks, Madge Bellamy, Spring By- 
ington, June Carlson, Constance Collier, Jane 
Darwell, Joan Davis, Shirley Deane, Dixie 
Dunbar, Alice Faye, Virginia Field, Sonja 
Henie, Louise Hovick, Rochelle Hudson, 
Portland Hoffa, Arline Judge, June Lang, Joan 
Marsh, Pauline Moore, Leah Ray, Florence 
Roberts, Mary Rogers, Simone Simon, Gloria 



Stuart, Shirley Temple, Claire Trevor, Helen 
Westley, Jane Withers, Loretta Young. 

STOCK PLAYERS: Alice Armand, Lynn Bari, 
Lynne Berkeley, Barbara Brev^ster, Gloria 
Brewster, Esther Brodelet, Julie Carter, Dor- 
othy Dearing, Helen Ericson, June Gale, 
Philippa Hilbere, Lilyan Porter, Elizabeth 
Palmer, Jayne Regan, Geneva Sawyer, Iva 
Stewart, June Storey, Lucille Miller, Marjorie 
Weaver, Irma Wilsen, Elsie Valentine, Ro- 
berta Vale, Arleen Whelan. 



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New York: 345 W. 44th St. 
Philadelphia: 302 N. 13th St. 
Pittsburgh: 1715 Blvd. of the Allies. 
Washington, D. C: 932 New Jersey Ave., 

N. W. 
Albany: 1052 Broadway. 
Boston: 105 Broadway. 
New Haven: 114 Meadow St. 
Buffalo: 496 Pearl St. 
Cincinnati: 1632 Central Parkway. 
Qeveland: 2219 Payne Ave. 
Kansas City, Mo.: 3330 Olive St. 
Atlanta: 197 Walton St., N. W. 
Charlotte: 308 S. Church St. 
Dallas: 1801 Wood St. 



Memphis: 151 Vance Ave. 
New Orleans: 218 S. Liberty St. 
Denver: 2140 Champa St. 
Los Angeles: 2019 S. Vermont Ave. 
Portland, Ore.: 1932 N. W. Lovejoy St. 
Salt Lake City: 216 E. 1st South St. 
San Francisco: 245 Hyde St. 
Seattle: 2316 Second Ave. 
Chicago: 914 S. Wabash Ave. 
Detroit: 2211 Cass Ave. 
Indianapolis: 326 N. Illinois St. 
Milwaukee: 1016 N. 8th St. 
Des Moines: 1300 High St. 
Minneapolis: 1101 Currie Ave., N. 
Omaha: 1502 Davenport St. 



Ufa Films, Inc 



DISTRIBUTION LINEUP, SEASON 1937-1938 
20 FEATURES • 20 SHORT SUBJECTS 



Note: To be produced in Germany; titles not 
set. 



United Artists 



DISTRIBUTION LINEUP, SEASON 1937-1938 
36 FEATURES 



SAMUEL GOLDWYN 



DEAD ENZ' 

Director: William Wyler; with: Sylvia Sid- 
ney, Joel McCrea, Humphrey Bcgart, Wendy 
Barrie, Claire Trevor, Allen Jenkins. 

STELLA DALLAS 

Director: King Vidor; with: Barbara Stan- 
wyck, John Boles, Ann Shirley, Alan Hale. 

THE HURRICANE 

By: Charles Nordhoff, James Norman Hall; 
director: John Ford; with: Dorothy Lamour, 
Jon Hall, Mary Astor, Raymond Massey. 



THE ADVENTURES OF MARCO POLO 

V/ith: Gary Cooper, Sigrid Gurie. 

THE GOLDWYN FOLLIES 

Musical; in Technicolor; music: George and 
Ira Gershwin; cast: Helen Jepson, The Ritz 
Brothers, Phil Baker, Bobby Qark, Virginia 
Verrill, Charles Kullmann, Charlie McCarthy. 

THE COWBOY AND THE LADY 

Stars: Gary Cooper, Merle Oberon; in 
Technicolor; screenplay: Frederick Lonsdale. 



143 



HAROLD HURLEY 



Paramount 
Studios 



BETTY LAIDLAW and ROBERT LIVELY 

Screenplaywrights, Composer and Lyricist 

"THE GIRL SAID NO" "GRAND CANYON" 



(Screenplay) Grand National 



(Screenplay) Grand National 



"FACE THE FACTS" 



(Screenplay) Grand National 
Starring Stuart Erwin 



ENGLISH PRODUCTIONS 

"Rhythm Racketeer" 
(Original) Joe Rock 

"The White Rider" 

(Original Operetta with Score) Joe Rock 

RADIO— IN ENGLAND 

"Death in the Dressing Room" 
(Musical Murder Mystery) 
(British Broadcasting Co.) 

STAGE PLAYS 

'Wise Girl" 
Produced by Albert Bannister 



"You Can't Have Your Cake" 
Produced by George Renavant 

SONGS IN 

"Renfrew o, the Mounted" 

(Grand National) 

"In Town Tonight" 

(British Lion — England) 

"The Mother" 
(Joe Rock — England) 

"Death in the Dressing Room' 

(British Broadcasting Co.) 



IN PREPARATION 

DYNAMITE 

(Screenplay) Grand National 
STARRING JAMES CAGNEY 



144 



PRODUCTION PROGRAMS 



SELZNICK INTERNATIONAL 



HONEYMOON IN RENO 

Star: Merle Oberon; director: William Wyler. 
DUCHESS OF BROADWAY 

Director: Archie Mayo. 
THE PRISONER OF ZENDA 

Director: John Cromwell; cast: Ronald Col- 
man, Madeleine Carroll, Douglas Fairbanks, 
Jr., Mary Astor, C. Aubrey Smith, Raymond 
Massey, David Niven. 



NOTHING SACRED 

In Technicolor; stars: Carole Lombard, Fred- 
ric March; director: William Wellman. 



THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER 

By Mark Twain; star: Tommy Kelly; direc- 
tor: Norman Taurog; screenplay; John V. A. 
Weaver. 



ALEXANDER KORDA 

Produced in England 



KNIGHT WITHOUT ARMOR 

Stars: Marlene Dietrich, Robert Donat. 

FOUR FEATHERS 

Star: Robert Donat; director: William K. 
Howard. 

THE DIVORCE OF LADY X 

Stars: Merle Oberon, Robert Donat; story: 
Lajos Biro. 



MUTINY IN THE MOUNTAINS 

In Technicolor: with: Sabu, Paul Lukas, 

Raymond Massey. 
HELL'S BELLES 

Musical; in Technicolor; script: R. C. Sheriff; 

director: Victor Saville. 
THE TEMPEST WITHIN 

Star: Merle Oberon; in Technicolor; original: 

G. B. Stern. 



LONDON FILM PRODUCTIONS 

Produced in England 



DARK JOURNEY 

Spy melodrama; producer: Victor Saville; 
screenplay: Lajos Biro; with: Conrad Veidt, 
Vivien Leigh, Joan Gardner, Anthony Bush- 
ell, Ursula Jeans. 

FAREWELL AGAIN 

Producer: Erich Pommer; story: Clemence 
Dane; with: Leslie Banks, Flora Robson, 
Sebastian Shaw, Patricia Hilliard, Rene Ray. 

STORM IN A TEACUP 

Comedy; play: James Bridie; directors: Vic- 
tor Saville, Ian Dalrymple; with: Vivien 
Leigh, Rex Harrison, Ursula Jeans. 



ACTION FOR SLANDER 

Featured: Clive Brock, Margaretta Scott, Ann 
Todd. 

THE DIAMOND TRUST 

By: Edgar Wallace; director: William K. 
Howard; with: Edmund Lowe, Sebastian 
Shaw, Tamara Desni, Ann Todd. 

THE FIRST AND THE LAST 

By: John Galsworthy: producer: Basil Dean; 
■with: Vivien Leigh, Leslie Banks. 

SOUTH RIDING 

Producer: Victor Saville. 

THE PLAYBOY 

Musical; by Thornton Freeland; with: Pa- 
tricia Ellis, Jack Hulburt, Rex Harrison. 



UNTITLED 

Star: Paulette Goddard; 
Charles Chaplin. 



CHARLES CHAPLIN 



producer-director: 



WALTER WANGER 



WALTER WANGER'S VOGUES OF 1938 

Director: Irving Cummings; in Technicolor; 
with: Warner Baxter, Joan Bennett, Helen 
Vinson, Alan Mowbray. 
52nd STREET 

Director: Harold Young; cast: Ian Hunter, 
Leo Carrillo, Pat Paterson, Ella Logan, Sid 
Silvers, ZaSu Pitts, Maria Shelton, Kenny 
Baker. 



I MET MY LOVE AGAIN 

Story: Allene Corliss; stars: Joan Bennett, 
Henry Fonda; directors: Joshua Logan, Ar- 
thur Ripley. 

STAND-IN 

Star: Leslie Howard; director: Toy Garnett. 

PERSONAL HISTORY 

Story: Vincent Shean; star: Madeleine 
Carroll; director: Irving Cummings. 



145 



CHARLES J. HUNT 

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER 

"Bank Alarm" 
"You're in the Legion" 

"Captain Calamity" 
"Devil On Horseback" 



BOBBY CONNOLLY 

Director 

"EXPENSIVE HUSBANDS" 

WARNER BROS. 



146 



PRODUCTION PROGRAMS 



A KISS IN PARIS 

Star: Sylvia Sidney. 

MAN WITH TEN MODELS 

Play: Sascha Guitry; star: Charles Boyer. 



ARABIAN NIGHTS 

In Technicolor; screenplay: Harold Lamb, 
Irwin Shaw; director: John Cromwell; stars: 
Sylvia Sidney, Charles Boyer, Joan Bennett, 
Madeleine Carroll, Henry Fonda. 



EXCHANGES 



Buffalo: 505 Pearl St. 

New York: 630 Ninth Ave. 

Philadelphia: 1304 Vine St. 

Washington, D. C: 924 New Jersey Ave., 

N. W. 
Cincinnati: 1634 Central Parkway Blvd. 
Cleveland: 1745 E. 23rd St. 
Indianapolis: 408 N. lUinois St. 
Pittsburgh: 1717 Blvd. of the Allies. 
Boston: 52 Church St. 
New Haven: 134 Meadow St. 
Atlanta: 158 Walton St. 
Charlotte: 224 W. Second St. 
Dallas: 308 S. Harwood St. 



New Orleans: 147 S. Liberty St. 

Chicago: 831 S. Wabash Ave. 

Detroit: 2310 Cass Ave. 

Kansas City, Mo.: 221 W. 18th St. 

Milwaukee: 1137 N. 8th St. 

Minneapolis: 1109 Currie Ave., N. 

Omaha: 1508 Davenport St. 

St. Louis: 3312 Olive St. 

Denver: 2065 Broadway. 

Los Angeles: 1966 S. Vermont Ave. 

Salt Lake City: 214 E. First South St. 

San Francisco: 255 Hyde St. 

Seattle, Wash.: 2403 Second Ave. 



Universal Pictures 



PRODUCTION LINEUP, SEASON 1937-1938 

50 FEATURES • 57 SHORT SUBJECTS • 4 SERIALS 

104 NEWSREELS 



FEATURES 



100 MEN AND A GIRL 

Star: Deanna Durbin; cast: Leopold Stokow- 
ski, Adolphe Menjou, Alice Brady, Mischa 
Auer, Jack Smart, Eugene Pallette, Alma 
Kruger; producer: Joe Pasternak; director: 
Henry Koster. 

MAD ABOUT MUSIC 

Star: Deanna Durbin; by Frederick Kohner, 
Marcella Burke; director: Henry Koster. 

THREE SMART GIRLS GO TO TOWN 

Star: Deanna Durbin; cast: Barbara Read, 
Nan Grey, Charles Winninger; director: 
Henry Koster. 

THE RAGE OF PARIS 
Star: Danielle Darrieux. 

HOPE HAMPTON PRODUCTION 
Title not set. 

JOHN STAHL PRODUCTION 
Title not set. 

MERRY-GO-ROUND OF 1937 

Producer: B. G. DeSylva; cast: Bert Lahr, 
Jimmy Savo, Billy House, Mischa Auer, 
Alice Brady, Dave ApoUon and orchestra; 
director: Irving Cummings. 

A YOUNG MAN'S FANCY 

Producer: B. G. DeSylva; music: Jimmy 
McHugh, Harold Adamson; cast: Alice Faye, 
Ken Murray and Oswald, Ella Logan, Larry 
Blake, Henry Stockwell, Casper Reardon, 
Three Diamond Brothers. 



THE ROAD TO RENO 

Saturday Evening Post serial by I. A. R. 
Wylie. 

TONIGHT WE LAUGH 
By Jean Negulesco. 

THE DAUGHTER OF ROSIE O'GRADY 

By Walter Donaldson, Monte Brice; cast: 
Herman Tinburg and son, Pat Rooney and 
son, Peggy Ryan; producers: Edmund 
Grainger, Mike Marco. 

YESTERDAY'S KISSES 
By Luigi Pirandello. 

PRESCRIPTION FOR ROMANCE 
By John Reinhardt, Robert Neville. 

MIDNIGHT RAIDERS 

By Kimball Herrick; cast: Noah Beery, Jr., 
Catherine Hughes, Larry Blake, Bernadine 
Hayes; director: Ford Beebe; producers: Bar- 
ney Sarecky, Ben Kcenig. 

CARNIVAL QUEEN 

By Richard Wormser; cast: Dorothea Kent, 
Robert Wilcox, Hobart Cavanaugh, David 
Oliver, Ernest Cossart; director: Nate Watt; 
producer: Robert Presnell. 

THE LADY FIGHTS BACK 

By Arthur Stringer; cast: Irene Hervey, Kent 
Taylor, William Lundigan, Paul Hurst; di- 
rector: Milton Carruth; producer: Edmund 
Grainger. 



147 



WALDEMAR YOUNG 

Screen Playwright 



Under Contract 

To Personal Management 

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Charles K, Feldman 



WILLIE HOWARD 


o^ 


Now appearing in Educational Comedies 
Produced and directed by Al Christie 
Written by Marcy Klauber and Art Jarrett 



148 



PRODUCTION PROGRAMS 



THAT'S MY STORY 

By Vee Terrys Perlman; cast: Claudia Mor- 
gan, Ralph Morgan, William Lundigan, 
Hobart Cavanaugh; director Sidney Sal- 
kow; producer: Robert Presnell. 

BEHIND THE MIKE 

By Thomas Ahearn, Walton Butterfield; 
cast: William Gargan, Judith Barrett, Don 
Wilson, Sterling HoUoway; director: Sidney 
Salkow; producer: Lou Brock. 

THE WELCOME IMPOSTER 
By Channing Pollack. 

THE SHANNONS OF BROADWAY 
By James Gleason. 

THE WESTLAND CASE 

From "Headed for a Hearse," by Jonathan 
Latimer; cast: Preston Foster, Carol Hughes, 
Barbara Pepper, Astrid Allwyn; director: 
Christy Cabanne; producer: Irving Starr. 

MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD 
By William Rankin. 

THE MAN WHO CRIED WOLF 

By Charles Grayson, Cy Bartlett; cast: Lewis 
Stone, Barbara Read, Tom Brown, Robert 



Gleckler; director: Lewis R. Foster; producer: 
E. M. Asher. 

WANTED AT HEADQUARTERS 
By Paul Sydney. 

IDOL OF THE CROWDS 

By George Waggner; cast: John Wayne, 
Sheila Bromley, Huntley Gordon, Billy Bur- 
rud, Jane Johns; director: Arthur Lubin; pro- 
ducer: Trem Carr. 

METROPOLITAN POLICE 
Crime Club novel. 

LET'S BE CANDID 

By Lawrence Pchle, Thomas Ahearn. 

ADVENTURES' END 

By Ben Ames Williams; cast: John Wayne, 
Diana Gibson, Montague Love, Paul White; 
director: Arthur Lubin; producer: Trem 
Carr. 

BLONDE DYNAMITE 

By W. R. Burnett; cast: Noah Beery, Jr., 
William Gargan, Nan Grey, Dorothea Kent; 
director: Milton Carruth; producer: E. M. 
Asher. 



WESTERNS 



BLACK ACES 

By Stephen Payne; cast: Buck Jones, Kay 
Linaker, Fred Mackaye, Charles LeMoyne, 
Bob McKenzie; director: Les Selander; pro- 
ducer: Buck Jones. 
LAW FOR TOMBSTONE 

By Charles M. Martin; cast: Buck Jones, 
Muriel Evans, Harvey Clark; director-pro- 
ducer: Buck Jones. 



SUDDEN BILL DORN 

By Grayson Gregory; cast: Buck Jones, Noel 
Francis, Harold Hodge, Frank McGlynn, Sr., 
Evelyn Brent; director: Ray Taylor; producer: 
Buck Jones. 

THE BOSS OF LONELY VALLEY 

By Forrest Brown; cast: Buck Jones; pro- 
ducer: Buck Jones. 



SERIALS 



WILD WEST DAYS 

Star: Johnny Mack Brown; from "Saint 
Johnson," by W. R. Burnett. 
RADIO PATROL 

By Eddie Sullivan, Charlie Schmidt; cast: 



Grant Withers, Catherine Hughes; directors: 
Ford Beebe, Cliff Smith; producers: Barney 
Sarecky, Ben Koenig. 

FLASH GORDON'S TRIP TO MARS 

TIM TYLER'S LUCK 



SHORT SUBJECTS 



MENTONE MUSICALS 

13 two-reelers. 

GOING PLACES 

13 one-reelers. 

STRANGER THAN FICTION 

13 one-reelers. 



OSWALD, THE LUCKY RABBIT 

26 one-reel cartoons. 
TEN SECONDS TO LIVE 

Two-reel special; produced by Charles E. 

Ford. 
HOLLYWOOD SCREEN TEST 

Two-reel special. 



PERSONNEL 



PRODUCERS: E. M. Asher, Trem Carr, B. G. 
DeSylva, Edmund Grainger, Buck Jones, 
Walter Lantz, Jcseph Pasternak, Robert 
Presnell. 

DIRECTORS: Ford Beebe, Edward Buzzell, Mil- 
ton Carruth, Henry Koster, Sidney Salkow, 
James Whale, John Stahl, Anatol Litvak, 
Lewis R. Foster. 



WRITERS: Charles Bennett, Monte Brice, Les- 
ter Ccle, Adele Commandini, Charles Gray- 
son, F. Hugh Herbert, Brown Holmes, Felix 
Jackson, Charles Kenyon, Bruce Manning, 
James Mulhauser, A. Dorian Otvos, Gay 
Stevens, George Waggner. 

PLAYERS: Binnie Barnes, Judith Barrett, Wendy 
Barrie, Tola Birell, Alice Brady, Jeanne 



149 



FRED GUIOL 



Director 

"Mummy's Boys" 
"The Rainmakers" 

(Wheeler and Woolsey) 
* * * 

Screen Plays^ 
Kentucky Kernels" 
"The Nitwits" 



In Collaboration 



JOSIE SEDGWICK, RAY WEST 

AND ASSOC I ATES, INC. 

8609 SUNSET BOULEVARD, HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. 

Oxford 4133 Woodbury 63191 

Exclusive Management of Artists 

MOTION PICTURES RADIO STAGE 



150 



PRODUCTION PROGRAMS 



Dante, Danielle Darrieux, Phyllis Dobson, 
Irene Dunne, Deanna iDurbin, Nan Grey, 
Hope Hampton, Dorothea Kent, Alma Kru- 
ger, Ella Logan, Barbara Read, Betty Jane 
Rhodes, Jean Rogers, Polly Rowles, Gloria 
Stuart, Margaret Sullivan, Sally Eilers, Cath- 
erine Hughes. 

Mischa Auer, Noah Beery, Jr., Larry 
Blake, John Boles, Hcbart Cavanaugh, 



Ernest Cossart, Andy Devine, Jack Dunn, 
Michael Fitzmaurice, Eddie Garr, Gene Gar- 
rick, William Hall, Louis Hayward, Samuel 
S. Hinds, Henry Hunter, Buck Jones, John 
King, William Lundigan, Walter Pidgeon, 
Jack "Skat" Powell, Cesar Romero, George 
Shelley, Jack Smart, Gerald Oliver Smith, 
Kent Taylor, John Wayne, Charles Win 
niger, Robert Wilcox, Bob Baker. 



EXCHANGES 



Albany: 1054 Broadway. 

Atlanta: 193 Walton St. 

Boston: 37 Piedmont St. 

Buffalo: 505 Pearl St. 

Charlotte: 313 S. Church St. 

Cincinnati: 1634 Central Parkway. 

Qeveland: 2342 Payne Ave. 

Memphis: 399 S. Second St. 

New Haven: 125 Meadow St. 

New Orleans: 143 S. Liberty St. 

Philadelphia: 302 N. 13th St. 

Pittsburgh: 1709 Blvd. of the Allies. 

Washington, D. C: 913 New Jersey Ave., 

N. W. 
New York: 630 Ninth Ave. 
Chicago: 831 S. Wabash Ave. 



Dallas: 308 E. Harwood St. 
Denver: 801 21st St. 
Des Moines: 1005 High St. 
Detroit: 2310 Cass Ave. 
Indianapolis: 326 N. Illinois St. 
Kansas City, Mo.: 1710 Wyandotte St. 
Los Angeles: 1960 S. Vermont Ave. 
Minneapolis: 1105 Currie Ave., N. 
Milwaukee: 1032 Eighth St. 
Oklahoma City: 625 W. Grand Ave. 
Omaha: 1524 Davenport St. 
Portland, Ore.: 1115 N. W. Glisan St. 
St. Louis: 208 E. 1st South St. 
San Francisco: 129 Hyde St. 
Seattle, Wash.: 2421 Second Ave. 



Viennese Film Co. 



DISTRIBUTION LINEUP, SEASON 1937-1938 
8 FEATURES 



Produced in Europe 



THE WORLD'S IN LOVE 
IMMORTAL MELODIES 
MIZZI 
EVA 



POSTILLON FROM LONJUMEAU 
RENDEZVOUS IN VIENNA 
MARQUISE DE POMPAE'OUR 
CIRCUS SATAN 



Walter Wanger 

Productions, Inc, 

PRODUCTION LINEUP, SEASON 1937-1938 
8 FEATURES 



R2lea:8d through United Arasb 

FEATURES 



WALTER W ANGER'S VOGUES OF 1938 

Musical in Technicolor; stars: Warner Bax- 
ter, Joan Bennett; cast: Helen Vinson, Mischa 
Auer, Alan Mowbray, Alma Kruger, Polly 
Rowles, Marjorie Gateson, Jerome Cowan, 



Walter Wanger Models; director: Irving 
Cummings; story: Sam and Bella Spewack. 
52nd STREET 

Musical; with Kenny Baker, Ian Hunter, Leo 
Carrillo, Pat Paterson, Ella Logan, Sid Sil- 



151 



FRANK GAY 



Associate Producer 



"King Of The Sierras" 

(With "Rex" and "Thunder," Wonder Horses) 
Condor Productions 

DISTRIBUTED BY GRAND NATIONAL 

LEWIS D. COLLINS 

DIRECTOR 

"THE MIGHTY TREVE" 

( Univt-rsal ) 

"THE WILDCATTER" 

(Llni^t rsal) 

IN PREPARATION 

"THE RIVER OF MISSING MEN" 

(Columltia) 

MANAGEMENT 
COLDER -LANG, INC. 

152 



PRODUCTION PROGRAMS 



vers, ZaSu Pitts, Maria Shelton; director: 
Harold Young; dance numbers: Danny Dare; 
original screenplay: Grover Jones. 

CARELESSLY 

From "Summer Lightning," by Allene Cor- 
liss; stars: Joan Bennett, Henry Fonda; di- 
rectors: Joshua Logan, Arthur Ripley; screen- 
play: Joshua Logan, Arthur Ripley, David 
Hertz. 

STAND-IN 

By Clarence Buddington Kelland; star: Leslie 
Howard; adaptation: Gene Tov^ne, Graham 
Baker; director: Tay Garnett. 



PERSONAL HISTORY 

By Vincent Sheean; star: Madeleine Carroll. 
A KISS IN PARIS 

Star: Sylvia Sidney. 

MAN WITH TEN MODELS 

With Charles Boyer; director: Tay Garnett; 
adaptation: Gene Towne, Graham Baker. 

ARABIAN NIGHTS 

In Technicolor; director: John Cromwell; 
script: Harold Lamb, Irwin Shaw; cast: Syl- 
via Sidney, Charles Boyer, Madeleine Car- 
roll, Joan Bennett, Henry Fonda. 



PERSONNEL 



PLAYERS: Sylvia Sidney, Charles Boyer, Mad- 
eleine Carroll, Henry Fonda, Joan Bennett, 
Pat Paterson, Alan Baxter, Tim Holt, Maria 
Shelton. 

DIRECTORS: Irving Cummings, Tay Garnett, 



Harold Young, John Cromwell, John Ford, 
Anatole Litvak, Joshua Logan, Arthur Rip- 
ley. 
WRITERS: Grover Jones, Gene Towne, Graham 
Baker. 



Warner Bros. — First National 

Vitaphone 

PRODUCTION PROGRAM, SEASON 1937-1938 
60 FEATURES « 134 SHORT SUBJECTS 



FEATURES SET 



THE LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA 

Drama; star: Paul Muni; director: William 
Dieterle; screenplay: Geza Herczeg, Heinz 
Herald. 

FOOD FOR SCANDAL 

Comedy; stars: Fernand Gravet, Carole 
Lombard, Ethel Merman; producer: Mervyn 
LeRoy; music and lyrics: Rodgers and Hart. 

BOY MEETS GIRL 

Comedy, by Samuel and Bella Spewack. 

THE GAMBLERS 

Drama; stars: Edward G. Robinson, Bette 
Davis, Errol Flynn; producer: Max Rein- 
hardt. 

YES, MY DARLING DAUGHTER 

Comedy; stars: Olivia de Havilland, Lucille 
Watson; play: Mark Reed. 

THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD 

Romantic drama; stars: Errol Flynn, Olivia 
de Havilland. 

FIRST LADY 

Comedy; star: Kay Francis; with: Anita 
Louise, Walter Connolly, Louise Fazenda, 
Veree Teasdale; director: Stanley Logan; 
play: George S. Kaufman, Katherine Day- 
ton. 

VARSITY SHOW 

Musical comedy; stars: Dick Powell, Fred 



Waring's Pennsylvanians; director: William 
Keighley. 

TONIGHT'S OUR NIGHT 

Comedy; stars: Claudette Colbert, Charles 
Boyer; play: Jacques Deval. 

WHITE BANNERS 

Drama; novel: Lloyd C. Douglas. 

A SLIGHT CASE OF MURDER 

Comedy melodrama; stars: Edward G. Rob- 
inson, Pat O'Brien, Billy Mauch, Humphrey 
Bogart; play: Damon Runyon, Howard 
Lindsay. 

THE GREAT GARRICK 

Drama; stars: Brian Aherne, Olivia de 
Hai^illand; director: James Whale; producer: 
Mervyn LeRoy. 

JEZEBEL 

Drama; star: Bette Davis; director: Edmund 
Goulding; play: Owen Davis. 

BACK IN CIRCULATION 

Comedy melodrama; stars: Joan Blondell, Pat 
O'Brien; director: Ray Enright; story: Adele 
Rogers St. John. 

VALLEY OF THE GIANTS 

Drama; in Technicolor; stars: Bette Davis, 
George Brent; novel: Peter B. Kyne. 

THE DESERT SONG 

Operetta; in Technicolor; by Oscar Ham- 
merstein, III, Sigmund Romberg. 



153 



WILLIAM PERLBERG 

Producer 

"IT'S ALL YOURS" 

with Madeleine Carroll, Francis Lederer and Mischa Auer 



Columbia Pictures 



WILLIAM NIGH 

Director 

"THE HOOSIER SCHOOLBOY" 
"THIRTEENTH MAN" 



154 



PRODUCTION PROGRAMS 



WHITE HORSE INN 

Operetta. 
PANAMA CANAL 

Drama; star: Paul Muni. 

CASINO 

Musical; stars: Warner Baxter, Joan Blon- 
dell, George Brent; director: Joe May. 

GOLD DIGGERS IN LONDON 

Musical; stars: Dick Powell; Joan Blondell, 
Ian Hunter, Hugh Herbert, Jane Wyman, 
Lee Dixon. 

THE SMILING CORPSE 

Comedy; stars: Hugh Herbert, Frank Mc- 
Hugh, Allen Jenkins; novel: Philip Wylie. 

SISTER ACT 

Drama; stars: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havil- 
land, Anita Louise, Margaret Lindsay; by 
Fannie Hurst. 

COLLUSION 

Comedy; star: Leslie Howard. 

SWING YOUR LADY 

Comedy; stars: Pat O'Brien, Joan Blondell, 
Humphrey Bogart; play: Kenyon Nicholson, 
Charles Robinson. 

IT'S LOVE I'M AFTER 

Comedy; stars: Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, 
Olivia de Havilland; director: Archie Mayo. 

ON YOUR TOES 

Musical; star: Ginger Rogers; by Rodgers 
and Hart, George Abbott. 

AND IT ALL CAME TRUE 

Comedy romance; stars: Dick Powell, Hum- 
phrey Bogart, Gloria Dickson; by Louis 
Bromfield. 

A PRAYER FOR MY SONS 

Stars: Kay Francis, the Mauch Twins; novel: 
Hugh Walpole. 

COMET OVER BROADWAY 

Drama; star: Kay Francis; by Faith Bald- 
win. 

GOLD IS WHERE YOU FIND IT 

Romantic drama; in Technicolor; stars: 
George Brent, Olivia de Havilland, Donald 
Crisp; by Clements Ripley. 

THIS WOMAN IS DANGEROUS 

Drama; stars: Jean Arthur, George Brent; 
frcm "The Changeling," by iDonn Byrne. 
THE STORY OF SAN MICHELE 

Drama; novel: Axel Munthe. 



SUBMARINE 262 

Comedy drama; stars: Pat O'Brien, George 
Brent, Wayne Morris, Frank McHugh; di- 
rector: Lloyd Bacon; by Commander Frank 
Wead. 

LARGER THAN LIFE 

Comedy; star: Frank McHugh; by Norman 
Matson and Joseph Schrank. 

THE SISTERS 

Stars: Kay Francis, Miriam Hopkins, Jane 
Bryan; by Myron Brinig. 

THE PERFECT SPECIMEN 

Romantic comedy; stars: Errol Flynn, Joan 
Blondell; director: Michael Curtiz; by Samuel 
Hopkins Adams. 

YOU'RE ALL I WANT 

Drama; stars: Kay Francis, Ian Hunter, 
Patric Knowles; by Katherine Brush. 

CAMPUS SCANDALS 

Musical comedy; stars: Hugh Herbert, Frank 
McHugh; by Joseph Schrank, Jerry Wald. 

THAT CERTAIN WOMAN 

Drama; stars: Bette Davis, Ian Hunter, 
Anita Louise, Henry Fonda; director: Ed- 
mund Goulding; by Edmund Goulding. 

EVERYBODY WAS VERY NICE 

Drama; by Stephen Vincent Benet. 

THE GREAT LIE 

Melodrama; by Lola Stein. 

FRENCHY 

Comedy romance; stars: Olivia de Havil- 
land, Ian Hunter. 

CHALKED OUT 

Drama; stars: Edward G. Robinson, Pat 
O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart; play: Warden 
Lewis E. Lowes, Jonathan Finn. 

EPISODE 

Romantic comedy; stars: Miriam Hopkins, 
Ian Hunter. 

THEY WON'T FORGET 

Drama; with: Claude Rains, Gloria Dickson, 
Edward Norris, Otto Kruger; director-pro- 
ducer; Mervyn LeRoy. 

SH! THE OCTOPUS 

Star: Hugh Herbert. (Two more to star 
Hugh Herbert.) 

PENROD AND HIS TWIN BROTHER 

Stars: Billy and Bobby Mauch. (Two more 
to star the Mauch Twins.) 

TORCHY BLANE STORIES 
Three; star: Glenda Farrell. 



SHORT SUBJECTS 



BROADWAY BREVITIES 

30 two-reelers; 6 in Technicolor: "The Littlest 
Diplomat," with Sybil Jason; "Romance 
Road," with Walter Cassel; "Remember the 
Alamo," "The Man Without a Country" 
with John Litel; "Hollywood Revue" with 
Rosalind Marquis and Fred Lawrence; 
"Belle of New Orleans." 24 in black and 
white featuring: the Yacht Club Boys, Hal 
J eRoy, Mildred Law, Dave Apollon, Georgie 



Price, The Preisser Sisters, Eddie Leonard, 
Donald Novis, Dorothy Dare, Bob Hope, 
Aarons and Broderick, June AUyson, Tom 
Rafferty, Dale Winthrop, Billy and Beverly 
Bemis, Irene Bordoni, Josephine Huston, 
Georgie Tapps, Duke McHale, Selma Mar- 
lowe, Lucille Manners, Romon and Renita, 
Evan Evans, Fifi D'Orsay, Rufe Davis, 
Gloria Rich, Floria Vestoff, Joan Abbott, 
Bernice Claire, Ken Murray and Oswald, 



155 



HAMILTON MacFADDEN 


Director 


"It Can't Last Forever" 


Columbia 


"Sea Racketeer" 


Republic 


"Fools in Paradise" 


Republic 



CHARLES BEXNDTT 



Screenplays 

"THE THIRTY-]>iIWE STEPS" 

"KING SOLOMOl^'S MINES" "SECRET AGENT" 

Technical Shooting Script 

^^MARCO POLO" 



hi Preparation 

''SOUTH OF MANILA" 

(Goldwyn) 

''THE RAGE OF PARIS" 

(Universal) 

"SHADOW OF THE WI^G" 

(Original Collaboration — M.G.M. England) 



156 



PRODUCTION PROGRAMS 



Robert Norton, Beverly Phalon, Harry 
Gribbon. 

MERRIE MELODIES 

20 one-reel cartoons in Technicolor; pro- 
ducer: Leon Schlesinger. 

FLOYD GIBBONS, "THE HEADLINE HUNTER" 
IN "YOUR TRUE ADVENTURES" 

13 one-reelers. 
E. M. NEWMAN COLORTOUR ADVENTURES 

13 one-reelers; scenes from: Tohati, Borneo, 
India, Bali, Fiji, South Sea Isles; narration: 
Davis Ross, Milton J. Cross, Paul Douglas, 
Howard Claney, Jean Paul King, Basil 
Ruysdael, Kenneth Roberts, Alan Kent, Don 
Wilson; in color. 



LOONEY TUNES 

16 one-reel cartoons; producer: Leon Schles- 
inger. 

MELODY MASTERS 

18 one-reelers; Bands: Phil Spitalny, Leon 
Navara, Mai Hallett, Carl Hoff, Henry King, 
Enric Madriguera, Carl "Deacon" Moore, 
Tommy Dorsey, Clyde McCoy, Milt Britton, 
Clyde Lucas, Russ Morgan, Rubinoff. 

VITAPHONE VARIETIES 

12 one-reelers; stars: Mr. and Mrs. Jesse 
Crawford, Qem McCarthy, Edgar Bergen, 
Paul Douglas, Salici's Puppets, The Radio 
Ramblers, Miss Juliet. 

PICTORIAL REVUES 

12 one-reelers; narration: Clem McCarthy. 



PERSONNEL 



STARS: Marion Davies, Leslie Howard, Dick 
Powell, Brian Aherne, Rudy Vallee, Hum- 
phrey Bogart, Fred Waring, Paul Muni, 
Bette Davis, Claudette Colbert, Fernand 
Gravet, Joan Blondell, Boris Karloff, Basil 
Rathbone, Kay Francis, Errol Flynn, Pat 
O'Brien, Edward G. Robinson, Olivia de 
Havilland, George Brent, Benny Goodman, 
Carole Lombard, Henry Fonda, Jean Arthur, 
Miriam Hopkins, Warner Baxter, Charles 
Boyer, Ethel Merman. 

FEATURED PLAYERS: Claude Rains, Wayne 
Morris, Margaret Lindsay, Jane Wyman, 
Allen Jenkins, Dick Foran, Granville Owen, 
Hugh O'Connell, Evelyn Thall, Jean Dale, 
Vladimir Sokoloff, Craig Reynolds, Mary 
Treen, Rosella Towne, Eric Stanley, Frank 
McHugh, Gloria Dickson, Kenny Baker, 
Glenda Farrell, Patric Knowles, Mary Ma- 
guire, Doris Weston, Donald Crisp, Colette 
Lyons, Gordon Oliver, Lana Turner, Marcia 
Ralston, Ellen Clancy, Mabel Todd, Ronald 
Reagan, Billy Mauch, Bobby Mauch, Bev- 
evly Roberts, Hugh Herbert, Jane Bryant, 
Henry O'Neill, Ann Sheridan, Bonita Gran- 
ville, George E. Stone, Helen Valkis, Ben 
Welden, Fred Lawrence, Willard Parker, 
William Hopper, Margaret Irving, Ian Hunter, 
Anita Louise, Lee Dixon, Barton MacLane, 
June Travis, Linda Perry, Marie Wilson, Ad- 
dison Richards, AUyn Joslyn, Dick Purcell, 
Veda Ann Borg, Anne Nagel, Eddie Acuff, 
Jchn Litel. 

DIRECTORS: Max Reinhardt, Joseph May, Will- 



iam Dieterle, William McGann, Noel Smith, 
Anatole Litvak, Mervyn LeRoy, Frank Mc- 
Donald, William Clemens, John Farrow, 
Haden MacQuarrie, Stanley Logan, Lloyd 
Bacon, Ray Enright, Bobby Connolly, B. 
Reeves Eason, Edmund Goulding, Michael 
Curtiz, Busby Berkeley, Nick Grinde, Wil- 
liam Keighley. 

WRITERS: Earl Baldwin, Abem Finkel, William 
Jacobs, Norman Reilly Raine, William Wis- 
ter Haines, Anthony Coldeway, Kenneth 
Gamet, Don Ryan, Aeneas MacKenzie, Ed 
Earl Repp, Casey Robinson, John Pearson, 
Richard Macauley, Seton I. Miller, Clements 
Ripley, Robertson White, Luci Ward, Sig 
Herzig, Jerry Wald, George Bricker, Peter 
Milne, Julius Epstein, Lawrence Kimball, 
Walter Klein, Vincent Sherman, Fritz Falken- 
stein, Brewster Mcrse, Lawrence Riley, 
Elaine Ryan, Maurice Leo, Jerry Horwin, 
Robert Rossen, Morton Grant, Robert Buck- 
ner. Crane Wilbur, Horace Jackson, Camercn 
Rogers, Carlton Sand, Milton Krims, George 
Bilson, Rowland Leigh, Warren Duff, Pat C. 
Flick, Charles Perry, Heinz Herald, Joseph 
Schrank, Jean Negulesco. 

SONG WRITERS: Harry Warren, Al Dubin, 
Rigard Rodgers, Larry Hart, M. K. Kerome, 
Jack Scholl, Richard Whiting, Johnny Mer- 
cer, Max Steiner, Adolph Deutsch. 

ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS: Henry Blanke, Sam 
Bischoff, Robert Lord, Lou Edelman, Frank 
Mandel, David Lewis, Bryan Foy, George 
Jessel. 



VITAGRAPH EXCHANGES 



Albany: 1058 Broadway. 
Boston: 131 Arlington St. 
Buffalo: 470 Franklin St. 
New Haven: 134 Meadow St. 
New York: 630 Ninth Ave. 
Cincinnati: 1208 Central Parkway. 
Cleveland: 2300 Payne Ave. 
Detroit: 2300 Cass Ave. 



Philadelphia: 1225 Vine St. 
Pittsburgh: 1623 Blvd. of the Allies. 
Washington, D. C: 928 New Jersey Ave. 

N. W. 
Chicago: 1307 S. Wabash Ave. 
Des Moines: 1001 High St. 
Indianapolis: 120 W. Michigan St. 
Milwaukee: 812 N. 11th St. 



157 



PETER MILI^E 

WAR1\ER BROS. 



MONTY BANKS 

Directing 

"HE WAS HER MAN" 

Starring 

GRACIE FIELDS 

and 

VICTOR McLAGLEN 



ENGLISH /J^JSS: PRODUCTION 



158 




PRODUCTION PROGRAMS 



Minneapolis: 1104 Currie Ave. 
Omaha: 1610 'Davenport St. 
St. Louis: 3212 Olive St. 
Atlanta: 194 Luckie St., N. W. 
Charlotte: 311 S. Church St. 
Dallas: 508 Park Ave. 
Kansas City, Mo.: 1701 Wyandotte St. 
Memphis: 384 Second St. 



New Orleans: 150 S. Liberty St. 

Oklahoma City: 630 W. Grand Ave. 

Denver: 2115 Champa St. 

Los Angeles: 1918 S. Vermont Ave. 

Salt Lake City: 212 E. First South St. 

San Francisco: 215 Golden Gate Ave. 

Seattle: 2405 Second Ave. 

Portland, Ore.: 935 N. W. 19th Ave. 



World Pictures Corp- 

DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM, SEASON 1937-1938 
18 FEATURES • 5 SHORT SUBJECTS 



FEATURES 



LA TENDRE ENNEMIE 

French; director: Max Ophuls; stars: Simone 
Berriau, Catherine Fonteney, Georges Vit- 
ray, Marc Valbal. 



THE MONKS 

Monastic life; prologue narrated by: 
Father Michael Ahearn, S. J. 



Rev. 



THE LIFE AND LOVES OF BEETHOVEN 

Star: Harry Bauer; cast: Pauley, Jean-Louis 
Barreuit, Jany Holt, Andre Nox; director: 
Abel Gance. 

THE SKI CHASE 

With Hannes Schneider. 

ANNIE LAURIE 

With Will Fyffe. 



SHORT 



SONG OF CEYLON 
WHAT THE PUPPY SAID 
WHAT THE PARROT SAW 



REVOLT IN MOROCCO 

Directors: Jean Benoit-Levy, Marie Epstein. 

THE SECRET OF STAMBOUL 

With Valerie Hobson, Frank Vosper. 

NINETY DEGREES SOUTH 

Scott Antarctic expedition. 

STREET WITHOUT A NAME 

With Pola llery. 

CRIMSON CIRCLE 

With Noah Beery. 

MY SONG OF LOVE 

With Tito Schipa. 

SLALOM 

MASQUERADE IN VIENNA 

With Anton Walbrook, Paula Wesseley. 

SUBJECTS 

LOVE ON SKIS 
BATTLING BETTAS 



B. F. Zeidman Productions 

PRODUCTION LINEUP, SEASON 1937-1938 
3 FEATURES 



Distributed by Grand National 



SO THIS IS HOLLYWOOD! 

By Carroll Graham. 

ROGUES' GALLERY 

By Willard Keefe. 



LOVE RUNS INTO MONEY 

By Erwin S. Gelsey. 



159 



ALBERT LEWIS 



Producer 

RKO 



Lloyd A. French 



DIRECTOR 

WARNER BROTHERS VITAPHONE STUDIO 

BROOKLYN, N. Y. 



160 




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WHO 

IN 
HOLLYWOOD 



THE I9r FILM DAILY PRODUCT GUIDE AND DIRECTORS' ANNUAL 

161 



WHO'S WHO 

IN 

H OLLY WOOD 



These brief histories of Filmdom's production personalities are reprinted 
from THE FILM DAILY where the series is currently being continued. 

Index 



Alperson, Edward L 182 

Bacon, Lloyd 181 

Bagnall, George L 169 

Baldwin, Earl 186 

Banton, Travis 176 

Berkeley, Busby 177 

Berman, Pandro S 169 

Bischoff, Samuel 178 

Blanke, Henry 180 

Borzage, Frank 177 

Botsford, A. M 169 

Briskin. Samuel J 166 

Brown, Clarence 178 

Brown, Harry Joe 175 

Cline, Edward F 174 

Conn, Maurice H 176 

Conway, Jack 189 

Cooper, Merian C 172 

Cunningham, Jack 172 

Curtiz, IVIichael 185 

Del Ruth, Roy . 173 

deMille, Cecil B 163 

Dieterle, William 180 

Dreier, Hans 184 

Espy, Reeves 171 

Estabrook, Howard 181 

Fanchon, Miss 182 

Feld, Milton H 191 

Foy, Bryan I79 

Gensler, Lewis E I77 

Glazer, Benjamin 181 

Goetz, William 164 

Goldwyn, Samuel 168 

Grainger, Edmund 186 

Gross, Edward I7I 

Hansen, Franklin 180 

Hathaway, Henry 172 

Herzbrun, Henry 180 

Hornblow, Arthur, Jr I73 

Hubbard, Lucien I7I 

Hulburd, Merritt . ' '. 171 

Johnson, Nunnally 166 

Jones, Buck 187 

Jones, Grover 181 

Karp, Jacob H ." 184 

Kaufman, Edward 187 

Keighley, William 185 

King, Henry ' 190 

Landau, Leslie L 190 

Lantz, Walter 187 

Lasky, Jesse L 166 

Le Baron, William I74 

Lee, Rowland V 188 

Le Maire, Rufus I73 

LeRoy, Mervyn I74 

Lesser, Sol I70 

Levine, Nat 172 

Lewin, Albert 190 

Lipscomb, W. P l/g 



Lloyd, Frank 164 

Lloyd, Harold 157 

Lord, Robert 178 

Lubitsch, Ernst 164 

Ludwig, Edward 1 189 

Lusty, Lou 175 

McCarey, Leo 183 

McGuire, William Anthony 191 

Macgowan, Kenneth 167 

Mamoulian, Rouben 192 

Mankiewicz, Joseph 191 

Mannix, Edward J 164 

Marcus, Lee 187 

Marin, Edwin L 189 

Markey, Gene 155 

Marshall, George 175 

Mayer, Louis B 163 

Mayo, Archie 183 

Meins, Gus 189 

Morros, Boris 175 

Murphy, Ralph 191 

Myers, Zion 188 

Pasternak, Joseph 183 

Rapf , Harry 170 

Ratoff, Gregory 192 

Ray, Bernard B 173 

Reid, Cliff 173 

Reinhardt, Max 175 

Rogell, Sid 179 

Rogers, Bogart 185 

Rogers, Charles R 159 

Ruggles, Wesley 1 56 

Sandrich, Mark 190 

Schenck, Joseph M 163 

Schlesinger, Leon 165 

Schuessler, Frederick Edward 185 

Seiter, William A 184 

Selznick, David 170 

Serlin, Oscar 168 

Sherman, Harry 170 

Siegel, Moe J 192 

Sisk, Robert 188 

Sistrom, William 186 

Stevens, George 192 

Stone, John 184 

Stromberg, Hunt 165 

Taurog, Norman 186 

Thompson, Harlan 158 

Thorpe, Richard 182 

Vidor, King W 167 

Walker, Stuart 183 

Wanger, Walter 177 

Warner, Jack L 174 

Weingarten, Lawrence 188 

Wolfe, Manny 176 

Wood, Sam 179 

Wurtzel, Sol M 165 

Zanuck, Darryl F 163 

Zeldman, Bennie F 182 

Zukor, Eugene 167 



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WHO'S WHO IN HOLLYWOOD 




CECIL B. DE MILLE 

One of the indus- 
Iry's pioneers and a 
No. One man in 
production. First on 
the stage. With 
Jesse L. Lasky, or- 
ganized the Jesse 
L. Lasky Feature 
Play Company in 
19 13. Been going 
strong ever since. 
Affiliations: P D C . 
Pathe, MGM, Para- 
mount Set t fa e 
vogue for spectacle and Biblical drama. In- 
spired many a fable which, catching public 
fancy, have evolved into traditions. Fostered 
many a stellar career. Has personally di- 
rected more than 75 features. Smart show- 
man. His own best publicist. He-man in 
sports and hobbies. Hair, gray-brown. Eyes, 
brown. Stands 5, 11. Honors: Doctor of Let- 
ters, Penn Military College; Order of the Holy 
Sepulchre, latter conferred in Jerusalem in 
1928. 

DARRYL F. ZANUCK 

Youngest of Hol- 
lywood's major ex- 
ecutives and a 
genuis of screen 
making. Bitten at 
the tender age of 6 
by the movie bug, 
sneaking away 
while visiting Cali- 
fornia with his par- 
ents to earn 50 
cents a day acting 
in the films. Indus- 
try career received 

its first impetus when as a Fox Film Company 
scenarist he turned out almost a script a week. 
Later affiliations: Warner Brothers, 20th Cen- 
tury Pictures; 20th Century-Fox, for which he 
now guides all direction. Was in at the birth 
of talkies via the unforgettable "The Jazz 
Singer." Conceived the idea of dramatizing 
front page news on the screen. Example: 
"Little Caesar." Developed a fresh crop of 
players as major stars. Examples: James 
Cagney, Barbara Stanwyck, Ruby Keeler. 
Side glance at sports: He has hunted bear in 
Alaska, plays polo. Hair, brown. Eyes, blue- 
gray. Stands 5, IV2. 





LOUIS B. MAYER 

The Mayer of 
Metro-Gold wy n - 
Mayer and proof 
positive of the ad- 
a g e . "Industrial 
leaders are born." 
At 14, directing fig- 
ure of a New Bruns- 
wick ship-salvaging 
concern! First con- 
tact with filmdom 
came when he took 
over a small house 
in Haverhill, Mass.; 
one by one, all five houses there were brought 
under his control. With Nat Gordon, formed 
Gordon-Mayer Circuit, subsequently became 
interested in exchange end and his picture 
judgment so impressed that advent of M-G-M 
in 1924 saw him selected as logical head of 
operations. Developed thesis of super-quality 
in pictures, gave free rein to the "star system." 
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 
was born in his house. Thrice president of 
Association of M. P. Producers. Physically 
active. Avid reader of biography. Fond of a 
good game of bridge. 

JOSEPH M. SCHENCK 

Chairman of the 
board of 20th Cen- 
tury-Fox and truth- 
fully a business 
baron, his interests 
embracing films, 
outdoor amuse- 
ments, real estate, 
finance. Graduate 
pharmacist. Used 
S600 savings from 
drug business to I 
launch SIOO.OOOJ 
Paradise Park, Fort 
George. Then with Brother Nicholas acquired 
Palisade Park, Fort Lee. Sensed films' possi- 
bilities when Marcus Loew sought space at 
Fort George for "theater" housed in a car. 
Invested with Loew. Produced independently. 
Became chairman of United Artists' board in 
1924. Joined with Darryl F. Zanuck for 20th 
Century in 1933. Resigned from U. A. presi- 
dency in 1935 to take present post. Essence 
of his philosophy: "Save money, have the 
courage of your convictions, welcome hard 
work, be loyal, and keep your word, once 
given, to everybody." It is a success recipe 
par excellence, witness Schenck's career. 




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WHO'S WHO IN HOLLYWOOD 




ERNST LUBITSCH 

Producer and di- 
rector for Para- 
mount, and the man 
responsible for the 
critic-coined descrip- 
t i V e phraseology, 
"Lubitsch touches." 
Professional career 
is rooted in the Ger- 
man theater of Max 
Reinhardt. First film 
work for the old 
Berlin Bioscope. In 
1915, began to di- 
rect features, introducing symbolism. At- 
tracted American attention in a big way with 
"Mme. Du Barry" ("Passion") in 1919. Ac- 
cepted an UFA offer. Thence to Hollywood 
to direct Mary Pickford in "Rosita." After 
that, a string of successes and international 
fame. Found the talkie technique easily mas- 
tered, witness "The Love Parade." Became 
managing director of production for Paramount 
in 1935, but asked to be relieved to produce- 
direct. Hobby: That black cigar. Hair, black. 
Eyes, brown. Stands 5, 7. 

EDWARD J. MANNIX 

Met ro-Goldwyn- 
Mayer producer 
and, personally, an 
unusual combina 
t i o n of business 
ability, diplomacy 
and freedom from ^ 
prejudice. Preceded | 
his advent into pic- j 
tures by (a) five 
years devoted to 
eastern show man- 
agement and (b) 14 
seasons spent as 

manager of Nicholas M. Schenck's Palisades 
Park. First picture experience gained with 
Allan Dwan in the producing of Evelyn Nes- 
bit Thaw's "The Inner Woman." Later man- 
ager of Norma and Constance Talmadge pro- 
ductions for Joseph M. Schenck. Subsequent 
posts: Eastern representative for all Schenck 
productions, financial comptroller of M-G-M, 
studio manager, assistant to Irving Thalberg, 
v.p. and studio key executive. Hobby? Well, 
put it down as traveling, for he's visited every 
state and quite a bit of the Dominion of Can- 
ada and old Mexico. 





FRANK LLOYD 

Paramount p r o - 
ducer and the only 
three-time winner of 
Motion Picture 
Academy awards 
("Divine Lady,'' 
"Cavalcade" and 
"Mutiny on the 
Bounty"). Credit 
these achievements 
to a solid knowl- 
edge of both stage 
and screen. Became 
identified with Eng- 
lish theater at 15. Arrived in Hollywood in 
1913 when industry was wearing swaddling 
clothes. First job was writing, directing Uni- 
versal single reelers. Subsequent affiliations: 
Morosco-Pallas, Fox, Goldwyn, Joseph M. 
Schenck, Sol Lesser, First National. Master of 
spectacle. Few can equal him in extracting 
maximum dramatic value from a scene. Slow- 
spoken. Never reveals irritation. Active in 
the Academy. Hobbies: His ranch, his Irish 
terriers. Reads detective yarns, philosophical 
works. Hair, brown. Eyes, blue. Stands 5, 

111/2. 

WILLIAM GOETZ 

Executive assis- 
tant of Darryl F. 
Zanuck at 20th Cen- 
tury-Fox, and the 
youngest of five 
brothers, all of 
whom have won 
their spurs in the 
industry. Rejected 
Brother Ben's ad- 
vice that he pre- 
pare for a berth in 
Consolidated Film 
Laboratories and 
instead went to Hollywood. First berth as 
second assistant director for Asher, Small and 
Rogers. Later affiliations: With Corinne Grif- 
fith as production head, then general mana- 
ger; M-G-M and Paramount as company pro- 
duction manager; Fox Film as aid to Sol M. 
Wurlzel and producer; RKO as producer; 
20th Century as v.p., executive assistant and 
associate producer; finally, his present post 
as second in command to Zanuck at Movie- 
tone City. His record in itself is the most 
eloquent tribute to his brilliant executive abil- 
ity. Hair, brown. Stands 5, 9. 




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WHO'S WHO IN HOLLYWOOD 




HUNT STROMBERG 

Associate studio 
executive of Metro- 
Goldwyn-Mayer and 
possessor of an un- 
usually wide knowl- 
edge of the film in- 
d u s t r y from all 
angles. Born and 
educated in Louis- 
ville, his industry 
advent was pre- 
ceded by newspap- 
er work in St. 
Louis where he was 
sports editor of the Tim^a. T.rst film berth 
was advertising-publicity director for the old 
Goldwyn company. Subsequent affilations: 
Personal representative for Thomas H. Ince, 
1919; independent producer, releasing through 
Metro, 1922; Producers' Distributing Corp., pro- 
ducing Priscilla Dean and Harry Carey films; 
present post, 1925. Responsible for such films 
as "Our Dancing Daughters," "The Thin Man," 
"Treasure Island," and, oh yes, "Naughty 
Marietta." Hair, brown. Eyes, blue. Stands 
6 feet. 

LEON SCHLESINGER 



Producer of "Mer- 
rie Melodie" and 
"Looney Tunes'' 
cartoons for Warner 
Brothers and a vet- 
eran of well nigh 
every branch of 
show business! 
First contact with 
theater was as ush- 
er at Blaney's Arch 
St. Theater, Phila- 
delphia, and thence 
into its boxoffice. 

Next at the old Colonial, Chicago, as treasurer, 
with later years as p. a. and manager for road 
show^s and vnude. First film post was vrHh 
old Metro Company as salesman out of Chi- 
cago. Subsequent affilations: Inter-Ocean Film 
Corp., New York; Agfa Film as West Coast 
sales manager; Pacific Title and Art Studio, 
which he founded. Then, back in '30, Jack 
Warner suggested he make a cartoon, with 
30-day option for 12 more. It took Warner 
seven minutes after he saw the first to exer- 
cise it. Now has a straight three-year Warner 
pact. 





SOL M. WURTZEL 

Executive p r o - 

ducer for 20th Cen- 
tury-Fox and a 
man who, although 
lifting many per- 
sonalities out of ob- 
scurity, shies a t 
publicity for him 
self. Quit a job 
with a wholesale 
grocery firm to be- 
come a $15 -per - 
week secretary-ste- 
nographer for Fox 

Film in 1915. Two years later, was or- 
dered to Hollywood as general manager of 
Fox studio. Found its three-stage plant in the 
middle of an orange and lemon grove, and 
now look at it; Blessed with what Hollywood 
calls "a good story mind." Is convinced pub- 
lic ■wants entertainment, not preachment on 
screen. Asks only results from employes. 
Forgives mistakes, not alibis. Never speaks 
unless his words mean something. Confesses 
to no hobbies, and yet: Travels, plays bridge, 
golf, loves animals, and especially dogs; 
drives his own car. Square chinned and 
athletic. Hair, dark. Eyes, brown. Stands 
5, 10. 

GENE MARKEY 

Associate produc- 
er for 20th Century- 
Fox, veteran film 
writer and a man 
of whom it is well 
said that there ex- 
ists no classification 
to fit his career. 
Born with imagina- 
tion, the intelligence 
to use it and the 
desire to do some- 
thing with it. Wrote 
his first novel at 

11; his family still has it in ms. form. Went 
from Dartmouth (a Deke and a Sphinx) to the 
Army and, the war over, to Art Institute of 
Chicago. Found he was no artist but a car- 
icaturist. Wrote and drew for newspapers, 
magazines. Then a dramatist. Next a bona- 
fide novelist. Became movie-minded when 
RKO Pathe made his "Stepping High" as 
"Syncopation." Has ■written for Paramount, 
Pathe, M-G-M, Warners, Fox, 20th Century- 
Fox. Extra curriculnr activities embrace golf, 
boxing, travel, collecting 18th Century boxing 




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WHO'S WHO IN HOLLYWOOD 




prints. A good listener. Places confidence in 
hunches. Hair, brown. Eyes, hazel. Stands 
5, 11. 

WESLEY RUGGLES 



Top-flight film di- 
rector, a distinction 
won by 19 years of 
hard work. Native 
of Los Angeles, but 
was raised in 'Fris- 
co, where he early 
manifested interest 
in the theater. First 
a stock player. Or- 
ganized Ruggles' 
Minstrels which fin- 
ally stranded. First 
film job was in 1914 

with Mack Bennett's Keystoners. Successively 
was props, film editor, assistant director, di- 
rector. "Joined up" with Uncle Sam at the 
outbreak of the war, served in France two 
years, came home a first lieutenant. Then 
back to Hollywood and a job with Vilagraph 
as Alice Joyce's director. "Discovered" Jack 
Oakie for "Finder's Keepers." Well-remem- 
bered for his "Cimarron," "The Gilded Lily," 
"The Bride Comes Home." Brother of Charlie 
Ruggles. Hair, dark. Eyes, brown. 

NUNNALLY JOHNSON 

A film writer 
"who used to be a 
newspaper man 
himself." First job 
■was on home town 
E n q u i r er-Sun at 
Columbus, Ga. 
Didn't wait for the 
U. S. to enter the 
World War before 
joining the Army 
and enlisted in June, 
1915. Came out a 
second looey and 

returned to journalism via the N. Y. Tribune, 
Brooklyn Eagle, Herald Tribune, N. Y. Post. 
Clicked as a magazine writer, and then was 
drafted by the films. Has written for Para- 
mount, 20th Century-Fox, Samuel Goldwyn. 
Samples of his wares: "House of Rothschild," 
"Kid Millions," "Thanks a Million." Considers 
his biggest newspaper stories those detailing 
the Scopes "monkey" trial in Dayton, Tenn., 
and the Wall St. bombing. No hobby; he's 
too busy as a writer. Tennis his only recrea- 
tion. Hair, brown. Eyes, blue. Stands 5, 11 '2. 



JESSE L. LASKY 





Pioneer motion 
picture prod u c e r . 
and now with RKO 
Radio as unit pro- 
ducer. Career col- 
orful, varied. Re- 
porter. Joined Alas- 
kan Gold Rush. Mu- 
sician. Vaudeville 
producer. Built Fol- 
ies Bergere, first 
Continental Music 
Hall, New York. 
1911. With Cecil 

B. deMille created Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play 
Co. in 1913. Recently completed his one 
thousandth feature picture. Built to screen 
stardom Geraldine Farrar, Wollace Reid, 
Maurice Chevalier, Nino Martini and numerous 
others. Among his outstanding productions: 
"Covered Wagon," "Wings," "Old Ironsides," 
"Peter Pan," "Beau Geste," "White Parade" 
and "Gay Desperado." Affiliations: Vice- 
President, Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Pro- 
ducer at Fox, United Artists and RKO. Hob- 
bies: Golfing and fishing. Genial, kind. In- 
defatigable worker. 

SAMUEL J. BRISKIN 

One of the indus- 
try's youngest and 
most progressive 
leaders. Started pic- 
ture career as ac- 
countant. Came up 
from the ranks to 
win dominant posi- 
tion as showman 
and production ex- 
ecutive. Affiliations: 

C. B. C. Film Pro- 
ductions, Banner 
Pictures, Columbia 

Pictures; RKO Radio Pictures for which he's 
now vice-president in charge of all produc- 
tion. Under his regime as general manager, 
Columbia forged to position of major im- 
portance in the industry, producing such pic- 
tures as "One Night of Love" and the Acad- 
emy award winner, "It Happened One Night." 
Has made past year busiest and most pro- 
ductive of RKO Radio history. Is rapidly 
building up studio personality roster and re- 
cently conceived idea of aiding stage by loan- 




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ing theaters young contract players. Edu- 
cated at College of City of New York and 
New York University. Good golfer and likes 
horse races. Sees television industry aid. 
Hair, dark brown. Eyes, blue-gray. Height, 
5, 10. 

HAROLD LLOYD 

Paramount p r o - 
ducer-star and a 
man who knows 
the movie industry 
from top to bottom. 
Opinion widely 
sought by produc- 
ers. Plays golf fre- 
quently with Bing 
Crosby, who al- 1 
ways beats him, 
and with Richard I 
Arlen who a 1 s o j 
does. One of the 

best handball players in Hollywood. Likes 
football. Hates making speeches. Famed in 
the film city for his utter lack of self-conscious- 
ness and egocentricity. Native of Burchard, 
Neb. Made his debut in a real part with 
Frank Bacon in "Tess of the D'Urbervilles." 
Played stock in Omaha and Los Angeles. 
Crashed his first studio (Universal) by donning 
makeup and sneaking past the gafeman with 
a group of working players at lunch time. 
Went with Hal Roach as slapstick comedian, 
in "Lonesome Luke" series. Has done his 
"ordinary bespectacled young American" 
character for more than 15 years and still go- 
ing strong. Plans two pictures yearly with 
Paramount. Hobbies: swimming, golf, hand- 
ball. Hair, brown. Eyes, the same. Stands 
5, 10. 

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KENNETH MACGOWAN 

Associate produc- 
er for 20th Century- 
Fox and a son of 
Fair Harvard, class 
of '11. Edited the 
Harvard Monthly, 
ran the Harvard 
Dramatic Club and 
found time during 
his senior year to 
review the dram- 
mah for the Boston 
Transcript. Thence 
to the Philly Even- 
ing Ledger as cinema-literary critic, and sub- 




sequently berths on the N. Y. Trib, Globe, 
Vogue, Theater Arts Magazine, with an inter- 
lude as p. a. and adv. director for Goldwyn 
Pictures. Deserted journalism in '24 to direct 
Provincetown Playhouse at Eugene O'Neill's 
invitation; also directed Greenwich Village 
Theater and, after that, produced on Broad- 
way. To Hollywood in January, '32, as RKO 
story editor. Seven months later was made 
associate producer. Results: "Little Women," 
"La Cucaracha." Recommended Katharine 
Hepburn for stardom. With 20th Century-Fox 
since Labor Day, '35. Hobby, golf. Hair, 
brown. Eyes, ditto. Stands 5, 11 V2. 

EUGENE ZUKOR 

Executive in Par- 
amount production 
department, advis- 
ing of foreign de- 
partment needs. 
Started with Para- 
mount in 1916 in 
New York studio 
publicity depart- 
ment. War service 
in 1918. In 1920. 
appointed assistant 
manager of Para- 
mount's New York 

exchange. In 1922, transferred to the home 
office to handle theater purchases. In 1924 
appointed assistant to the president. In 1927 
transferred to the theater department, special 
izing in construction and research. In 1932 
became executive member of foreign depart 
ment. Likes golf and plays with his father, 
Adolph Zukor, regularly. Founded the Para 
mount Pep Club in New York City. Was re 
cently made honorary vice-president of the 
Paramount Studio Club. 

KING W. VIDOR 



President of Di- 
rectors' Guild, and 
Paramount director- 
producer. Started as 
ticket taker in Gal- 
veston, became in- 
dependent produc- 
er in Texas and has 
done everything 
from acting to writ- 
ing, including tech- 
nical work. Affilia- 
t i o n s : Universal, 
M-G-M, Vitagraph. 





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Paramount, Samuel Goldwyn. Directed "The 
Big Parade," which played two years on 
Broadway and grossed more than any other 
picture ever made. Directed such widely 
varying pictures as "Bardelys the Magnifi- 
cent," "The Crowd," "Hallelujah," and "Our 
Daily Bread," the latter winning the Brussels 
International Cinema Festival executive com- 
mittee's certificate of honor. Awarded the 
cross of honor by the United Daughters of the 
Confederacy for "So Red the Rose." Likes 
yachting, modern art and modern music. 
Plays tennis, is a boating enthusiast. Plays 
guitar, sings. Graduate of Peacock Military 
School, San Antonio, and Tome Institute, Port 
Deposit, Md. Hair, black. Eyes, blue. Stands 
5. 11. 

HARLAN THOMPSON 

Paramount p r o - 
ducer. Future in 
Hollywood was 
was made a cer- 
tainty when he co- 
produced and co- 
directed "Blessed 
Event" on Broad- 
way. Was born in 
Hannibal, Sept. 24, 
1890. Studied chem- 
ical engineering at 
University of Kan- 
sas and became 

chemical instructor in junior year. Worked on 
Kansas City Post and Kansas City Star. Re- 
entered university, specializing in journalism. 
Edited Daily Kansasan, was Sunday editor, 
dramatic critic and assistant city editor of 
Kansas City Star. Commanding officer of 
615 Aero Squadron at Kelly Field, Texas, and 
167 Aero Squadron in England. Wrote "Man 
Hunt," one-act play for vaudeville and ama- 
teur production which ran for more than 5 
years. Became feature writer on New York 
World. Wrote "Little Jessie James," which 
ran more than a year on Broadway. Affilia- 
tions: Fox, Paramount. First picture for which 
he wrote original and screen play, "Hot 
News." Married to Marian Spilzer of Para- 
mount editorial board. Has newly-born son. 
Hair, blond. Eyes, blue. Stands 5, 9. 





OSCAR SERLIN 

Associate produc- 
er. Worked through 
school and college 
by writing vaude- 
ville sketches. Born 
in Russia. Attended 
DePaul Academy 
and DePaul Uni- 
versity. First job 
was as doorman at 
Olympic theater to 
which he later re- 
turned as assistant 
manager. Wrote 

vaudeville acts. Promoted wrestling. Di- 
rected amateur shows. Studied theater in 
Vienna, Berlin, London and Paris. Contributed 
gags to newspapers. Was stage manager, 
general manager, then producer of Broadway 
shows. Most recently was in charge of talent 
department in New York. Adapted foreign 
plays for the American stage. Latter part of 
1932, signed by Paramount as assistant to E. 
Lloyd Sheldon. Then associate producer on 
B. P. Schulberg's staff. Back to West Coast 
November, 1936. Quit Paramount post as '37 
swung under way and later joined Selznick 
International; then resigned to produce stage 
plays. 

SAMUEL GOLDWYN 

President of Sam- 
uel Goldwyn, Inc., 
"Maker of stars" 
and propagandist 
for "fewer and bet- 
ter pictures." Came 
to the U. S. via 
steerage from na- 
tive Poland at 11; 
at 17, was in 
charge of a glove 
factory at Glovers- 
ville, N. Y. Sensed 
the infant film in- 
dustry's possibilitias, went to New York, formed 
a partnership with Jesse L. Lasky, and in 1913 
produced "The Squaw Man," first full-length 
film made in the U. S. In '17, was instrumental 
in effecting the Famous Players-Lasky mer- 
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Goldwyn Pictures Corp. in '18, subsequently 
sold his interests fo Metro and re-entered inde- 
pendent production. Year later, was elected 
owner-member of United Artists. Active, ag- 
gressive, determined. Swift walker, enjoys 
three-mile hikes. Inspiration of many a chuckle- 
packed story. Married to the former Frances 
Howard. One son, Samuel, Jr., now 10. 

CHARLES R. ROGERS 

Executive v i c e - 
president in charge 
of production of the 
new Universal and 
rated one of the 
most mentally-alert 
executives in the in- 
dustry. Once a 
salesman of haber- 
dashery, later. New 
England sales man- 
ager for a painf-var- : 
nish concern. With 
a pensioned Lehigh 

Valley fireman as partner, built the Eastern 
Star Theater at East Buffalo. Formed a little 
company and bought independent pix for New 
York State territory. Then with L. J. Selznick as 
director of sales. Subsequent affiliations: Rob- 
ertson-Cole Co., partnership with Hunt Strom- 
berg, with E. M. Asher and Edward Small, 
with RKO Pathe, with Paramount, as an indie 
producer, and finally, with Universal, whose 
purchase he negotiated. Married to the former 
Helen Weiss, non pro. One son, John W, 

PANDRO S. HERMAN 

Brilliant you n-g 
showman who grew 
up wth industry to 
become one of its 
ace producers. Start- 
ed as assistant di- 
rector at FBO, just 
out of high school. 
Became film editor, 
then head of cutting 
department. Has re- 
mained associated 
with RKO Radio, 
successor to FBO. 

Was executive assistant to three studio produc- 
tion chiefs, William LeBaron, David O. Selznick 
and Merian C. Cooper. Turned to producing 
during Cooper regime. Has had remarkable list 
of outstanding successes. Developed Fred As- 





taire and Ginger Rogers into screen's greatest 
money-making team at production helm of their 
musicals. Brought Katharine Hepburn to peak 
of fame. Introduced Lily Pons, among others, 
to screen. Successes range from musicals to 
h3avy drama. One of the Hollywood colony's 
best tennis players. Has shared doubles title of 
motion picture championships. Hair, dark 
brown; eyes, brown. Height. 5, 8. 

A. M. BOTSFORD 

Executive assist- 
ant to William Le 
Baron, managing di- 
rector of production. 
Paramount. Born, 
Rockland, IlL; edu- 
cated, Williams Col- 
lege (A.B. degree), 
specializing in Eng- 1 
lish. Was city editor i 
of the Quincy (111.) j 
Herald; reporter on i 
the New York 
World. Was with 

Paramount Famous Lasky in July, 1917, as pub- 
licity writer; advertising manager, 1920-1925. 
Became advertising manager of Publix thea- 
ters. In 1931 became head of story department 
in New York. Appointed assistant to Emanuel 
Cohen in 1933. Appointed assistant to Henry 
Herzbrun in February, 1934; named associate 
producer in November, 1935. Produced, among 
others, "Too Many Parents," "Three Cheers for 
Love," "Sudden Death," "Return of Sophie 
Lang," "Hollywood Boulevard," "Murder With 
Pictures," "Rose Bowl." Assumed present stu- 
dio position in December, 1936. Married. Has 
three children. 

GEORGE L. BAGNALL 



Executive studio 
manager. Para- 
mount. Born, Mul- 
lingar, Ireland, May 
24, 1896. Educated 
in public schools of 
G a 1 w a y, Ireland; 
graduated from Ex- 
eter College. Went 
to Alberta, Canada, 
where he took his 
place as a public 
accountant andj 
earned the degree! 




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o{ C.A. Served in war for four years, after 
which he went to New York as a public ac- 
countant with firm of louche, Niven and Co. 
Next went to Atlanta, Ga., as comptroller for 
Davison, Paxon & Stokes, affiliated with R. H. 
Macy Co., New York. Joined Fox Film Corp. 
October, 1928, as comptroller at West Coast 
Studio and was placed in charge of all 
finances in June, 1930. In 1935, became studio 
treasurer of Paramount. Was elected president 
of Paramount Studio Club in 1936. Hobbies: 
reading and golf. Married. Has two sons, 
Michael and George. Hair, brown. Eyes, 
brown. Stands 6 ft. 

SOL LESSER 

The Boss of Prin- 
c i p a 1 Productions 
and a pioneer of the 
industry, which he 
entered in 'Frisco in 
19 7. Established 
Golden Gate Film 
Exchange, All Star 
Feature Distributors 
Exchange which, in 
1914, were consoli- 
dated with Miles , 
Bros, and California I 
Film Exchange. Two 

years later, established a Northern California 
circuit. Moved to Los Angeles in 1919 and was 
one of the organizers of West Coast Theaters, 
Inc. Sold out his interest, retired in 1926. Pro- 
ducing activities in the interim: All Star Fea- 
tures, Principal Pictures. In 1930, associated 
with Inspiration, subsequently resigned to be- 
come assistant to Joseph Schenck at U. A. Re- 
signed in '31 to handle Universal Theater cir- 
cuit. Formed Principal in '32. For '37-38, will 
produce for both RKO Radio and 20lh Century- 
Fox. Married. Two children. 

DAVID O. SELZNICK 



President, execu- 
tive producer of 
Selznick Interna- 
tional Pictures, Inc., 
and son of the late 
Lewis J. Selznick, 
who trained him in 
all branches of the 
industry. Activities, 
affiliations: Promot- 
ed and produced 
specially shorts, 
quickies; became 
West Coast repre- 





sentative of Associated Exhibitors; joined M-G- 
M, emerging as associate producer; moved to 
Paramount as aide to B. P. Schulberg, became 
associate producer and before 30th birthday, 
was executive assistant to studio's managing 
director. Resigned on the issue of unit produc- 
tion. Joined RKO Radio as v. p. in charge of 
all production, effected the consolidation of Ra- 
dio and Pathe studios. Resigned post and joined 
M-G-M as v. p. and head of his own production 
unit. Next came Selznick International. Only 
producer to have two of his films listed among 
The Film Daily's "Ten Best" in 1934 and 1935. 

HARRY RAPF 

Producer with M- 
G-M since 1924 and 
■with few peers as a 
discoverer of talent. 
Found Joan Craw- 
ford in a Broadway 
dancing chorus; 
found Lupe Velez; 
found Spencer Tra- 
cy. Sponsored di- 
rectorial careers of 
Monta Bell, Edmund | 
Goulding. Began a 
theatrical career as 

the impresario of a barnstorming home talent 
minstrel show in Colorado. Next with Gus Ed- 
wards as manager, then set up his own vaude 
producing-booking office in New York with 
Lou Golder as partner. Turned to films in 1914, 
his first venture a releasing contract with World 
Film. Produced indies. Became Selznick's pro- 
duction manager. Entered Warner partnership 
in 1921. Joined Louis B. Mayer in 1924 with 
the merger of M-G-M. Three hobbies: bridge, 
fishing, career of his son, Maurice. Dynamo 
of energy. Tells a neat story. 

HARRY SHERMAN 

The man who dis- 
covered the cinema- 
tic potentialities of 
Hopalong Cassidy 
in 1935 and who 
since has been do- 
ing right well by 
Clarence E. Mul- 
ford's favorite char- 
acter. Entered pic- 
ture business as 
operator of a circuit 
in and around Min- 
neapolis, affiliated 







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with Sullivan and Considine. Later operated 
indie exchanges throughout the mid-west with 
AIco and Metro franchises. Held franchise on 
half of the U. S. for D. W. Griffith's unforgetta- 
ble "Birth of A Nation". Turned to production in 
1917 with George Loane Tucker. Producer of 
the first Zane Greys. For some years, producer 
with Pathe, M-G-M. At present, in addition to 
producing the Hopalong Cassidy stories for 
Paramount, he is making a series of pictures 
from the Rex Beach stories. 

REEVES ESPY 

Executive assist- 
ant to Samuel Gold- 
wyn and another 
newspaperman t o 
make good in Hoi 
lywood. Native of 
St. Louis, graduate 
of Washington Uni- 
versity. Sports edi- 
tor of the St. Louis 
Republic in the hal- 
cyon days of Sam i 
Hellman, m.e. Cron- 
ies there included 

Louis Lee Arms (who married Mae Marsh), Tru- 
man Talley, Jack Kirkland. Lured away by the 
theater, he rose to the managership of the 
Skouras circuit of St. Louis theaters. Subse- 
quently, the Skouras interests sent him to the 
Pacific Coast as g. m. of Fox West Coast Thea- 
ters. Resigned in April, 1935, to join Sam 
Goldwyn's production forces. Married to the 
former Ellen Parle, St. Louis socialite and a 
granddaughter of the late Edward Butler, one- 
lime Missouri political ruler. Two children. 

EDWARD GROSS 

Associate p r o - 
ducer for Principal 
Productions, making 
his debut as such 
with Bobby Breen's 
recent "Rainbow on 
the River." Born in 
New York, studied 
law at New York 
University. First po- 
sition in Wanamak- 
er's executive office. 
New York in charge 
of all minor office 

help and junior clerks. Went to Los Angeles in 
1921 and for four years was with an importing 
firm. Then in importing field on his own until 
1930 when he joined Paramount in an execu- 





tive capacity. Left Paramount in 1934 to ac- 
cept a New Deal appointment and for some 
months was in charge of a section of the Gov- 
ernment's labor division. Re-entered the indus- 
try via Sol Lesser's Principal Productions as 
general manager in 1935. 

LUCIEN HUBBARD 

Associate p r o - 
ducer for M-G-M and 
a descendant of Ul- 
rich Zvringle, the 
Martin Luther of 
Switzerland. Born in 
Cincinnati, grew up 
in Bellevue, Ky., and 
qualified for the 
"used - to - be - a 
newspaperman-my - 
self" column by re- 
porting for the Cin- 1 
cinnati Times - Star, 

Cincinnati Post, Chicago Daily News, New Or- 
leans Item and editing for the New York Press 
and New York Tribune. Broke into the indus- 
try as a writer for Paramount and other com- 
panies. Wrote the script and directed such 
films as "Rose Marie," "The Mysterious Island" 
for M-G-M. Produced "Wings" for Paramount. 
Supervised "The Silver Dollar" and "42nd 
Street," among others, for Warners. Schoolday 
athlete. Expert polo player. Married. Two 
daughters, Janet Helen, 17; Betty Ann, 14. 
Brown hair. Brown eyes. Stands 5, 11. 

MERRITT HULBURD 

Member of Sam- 
uel Goldwyn's per- 
sonal staff, assisting £ % 
in story selection f 1 
and in production. f . f 
Native of German- 
town, Pa. Graduate 
o f University o f 
Pennsylvania, mem- 1 
ber of Psi Upsilon. 
Became an English 
instructor for two 
years, took an M.A. 
degree. On the edi- 
torial staff of the Saturday Evening Post from 
June, 1925, to November, 1931, the last four 
years as associate editor. Paramount appoint- 
ed him to its New York Editorial Board when 
he resigned from the Curtis employ. Subse- 
quently, he was transferred to the West Coast, 
and made director of the studio writing staff. 
Left the Paramount fold to affiliate with Gold- 
wyn in December, 1934. 



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MERIAN C. COOPER 

A M-G-M p r o - 
ducer after resign- 
ing as vice-president 
of Selznick Interna- 
tional Pictures. Born 
in Jacksonville, Fla.. 
educated at Lau- 
renceville School 
and Annapolis. 
Sailed before the 
mast, then a news- 
paper man, next a 
soldier on the Bor-| 
der. in France, 
Poland. Off to the 

Malay Peninsula to explore, write. Motion 
pictures made on the trip aroused interest 
in the screen. Result: Partnership with 
Ernest Schoedsack, and such well-remem- 
bered pictures as "Grass" (Persia-made), 
"Chang" (Siam-made) and "Four Feathers" 
(Africa-made). Next a temporary exit from 
films fo aid aviation's development — he had 
been in the U. S. and Polish air service. Re- 
won to Hollywood when David O. Selznick took 
over RKO Radio production reins, but remains 
director of several aviation companies. Fellow 
of the French Geographic, British Royal Geo- 
graphic Societies. Married to the former Doro- 
thy Jordan. One child. Hair, brown. Eyes, 
brown. Stands 5, 8. 

HENRY HATHAWAY 

Paramount p r o - 
ducer-director. Born 
in Sacramento. Has 
been in the film 
business more than 
25 years. Direction 
of "Lives of a Ben- 
gal Lancer" for Par- 
amount late in 1934 
suddenly projected 
him into the Holly- 
wood limelight. 
Mother, Jean Hatha- 
way, a musical com- 
edy actress of note, formed with Alan Dwan 
the American Film Co. in 1908. He started 
then as a child actor. At 12. he was a third 
assistant to Otis Turner, then directing at Uni- 
versal. Signed to a Universal contract in 1916 
as Irene Hunt's leading man. A year of this 
and he vrent with the old Goldwyn Co. Fif- 
teen years of his life have been at Paramount, 
mostly as assistant director. Decided upon a 





career of adventure shortly after sound came 
in. visited the Khyber Pass which he immor- 
talized later in "Lancer." Returning under 
sponsorship of Emanuel Cohen he was made 
a director of Westerns. After seven he branched 
into the more versatile dramatics. Hobby, tra- 
veling. 

NAT LEVINE 

Former President 
of Republic Produc- 
tions. Inc., and one 
of those indebted to 
t h e well-beloved 
Marcus Loew for his 
first lessons in 
showmanship. Born 
in New York City. 
Started his motion 
picture career by 
finding an office 
boy's berth vacant 
in Marcus Loew's 
bailiwick and landing the job. Some time later 
joined Margaret Winkler, producer of Krazy Kat 
cartoons. Next an independent producer for 
the state right market. Organized Mascot Pic- 
tures in 1924. producing serials. He also pro- 
duced outstanding pictures on the independent 
market. Became prexy of Republic Productions 
shortly after the merger of Mascot and the old 
Monogram in 1935. He is one of the indus- 
try's nighf-and-day working executives. Now 
an M-G-M producer. Married, the missus being 
Frances Levine. 

JACK CUNNINGHAM 

Paramount super- 
visor and the screen 
writer whose imagi- 
native faculties pro- 
vided the epic surge 
in "The Covered 
Wagon'' which 
Adolph Zukor, when 
in reminiscent mood, 
will tell you is the 
greatest picture that 
gave him the grec - 
est "kick." Born in 
Ionia, Iowa, April 1, 
1889, educated at Cornell, not Ithaca's univer- 
sity, but Mt. Vernon's college. Entered pictures 
in 1914. Responsible for the adaptations of, 
among others, "Don Q," "The Black Pirate," 
"White Shadows in the South Seas," "The Iron 
Mask." Co-author of screen play of "Missis- 
sippi," and has worked on all W. C. Fields 
scripts for the last few years, including 
"Poppy." 




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BERNARD B. RAY 



CLIFF REID 




Probably the 
youngest pioneer in 
pictures, and he's 
still in his 30~. 
Broke into the in- 
dustry a quarter oi 
a century ago with 
the American Bio- 
graph Company in 
its laboratory. Then 
West with David W. 
Griffith to the Mu- 
tual Film Corpora- 
tion. Was with Tri- 
angle — remember? — as cameraman. Later, in 
charge of an independent laboratory in Holly- 
wood. Subsequently with Capitol Film Corp., 
with Educational and in partnership with Ferdi- 
nand P. Earle. Directed his first picture in 1920 
and since has been directing and producing. 
Organized Reliable Pictures in 1933 and pro- 
duced and directed 49 pictures during the last 
three years. For relaxation, plays a great game 
of chess, a music lover, attends all symphonies. 
Stands, 5,6' 2. Tips the scales at 150. 

RUFUS LE MAIRE 

Executive assist- 
ant to Charles R. 
Rogers at Universal 
and a specialist in 
talent. Born in New 
York, educated in 
Fori Worth, Tex. 
First broke into 
show business with 
a New York theatri- 
cal booking agent 
on leaving school. 
Next an office boy 
at the old Winter 
Garden. Attracted the observing eye of Lee 
Shubert who assigned him to engage talent for 
the Winter Garden and put on the Sunday 
night concerts. A producer of New York stage 
plays the next step: "Broadway Brevities," 
"Helen of Troy, N. Y.," "Marjorie," "Betty 
Lee," "Le Moire's Affairs." Sensing the talkies' 
possibilities, moved to Hollywood in 1929. Af- 
filiations: Columbia, William Morris office, War- 
ners (as casting director). Fox, United Artists 
(signed George Arliss under personal contract), 
M-G-M (as casting director), and finally. Uni- 
versal. 





Associate p r o - 
ducer at RKO Radio 
and a film-maker for 
16 years. In the in- 
dustry since 1912, 
when he left the 
New York Times 
editorial staff to form 
the Renfax Film Co. 
which brought from 
England an electri- 
c a 1 , synchronized 
talking-picture d e - 
vice called Vive- 
phone. Even in 1912 Reid had 1.000 theaters 
equipped for musical and talking pictures! 
Later affiliations: Fox Film, Mutual, United Pic- 
tures, Select Pictures, Selznick Pictures, his 
capacity varying from manager to district man- 
ager to home-office representative. To Holly- 
wood in 1920 to produce independently. In 
1931, became production executive at Fox. Re- 
cent RKO productions: "Lost Patrol," "The In- 
former," and, in collaboration with Robert Sisk, 
"The Plough and the Stars." Hobby, sports, 
pro and amateur. 

ARTHUR HORNBLOW, JR. 

Paramount associ- 
ate producer. Son 
of the founder and 
veteran editor of 
Theater Magazine. 
Born in New York, 
on March 15, 1893. 
He began by writ- 
ing dramatic sketch- 
es for vaudeville. 
Studied 1 a w and 
was admitted to the 
New York bar, 1917. 
Served in Intelli- 
gence during War. Achieved first success with 
series of adaptations from the French. Joined 
Charles Frohman Co. as assistant producing 
director under Gilbert Miller. In partnership 
with Robert Milton, produced "The Youngest" 
by Phillip Barry, "The Dark Angel," and others. 
In 1926, wrote the much discussed "The Cap- 
tive," which led Samuel Goldwyn to sign him 
as a writer in 1927. Next with Paramount as 
an associate producer in 1934. 




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JACK L. WARNER 



EDWARD F. CLINE 




W a r n e r's vice- 
president in charge 
of production, under 
whose regime com- 
pany has pioneered 
scores of innova- 
t i o n s , developed 
new b i g names. 
Level - headed, 
makes quick deci- 
sions, knows his 
public. Started as 
small theater opera- 
tor, learned the 

show business from the ground up and never 
stopped for breath till he made the grade. First 
experience in Hollywood was in short come- 
dies with Al St. John. Knows every phase of 
film-making and selling. Has uncanny sense 
of possible audience reaction to scenes. Does 
final editing on every picture that bears his 
firm's name. Usually calm and unruffled, con- 
ducts the mammoth task of producing GO pic- 
tures a year without fuss or flurry. Plain, un- 
assuming in manner, a good mixer. A natural 
go-getter, on a grand scale. 

WILLIAM LE BARON 

Managing direc 
tor of production fci 
Paramount and a 
former editor of Col- 
lier's. Born in Elgin, 
111., and a graduate 
of New York Uni- 
versity. Was gener- 
al manager of Cos- 
mopolitan Film Pro- 
ductions five years. 
Became associate 
producer for Fa- 
mous Players-Lasky 
in 1924, for three years. In 1927, he went to 
Hollywood as F.B.O. producer. Became vice- 
president in charge of production for Radio 
when that studio absorbed F.B.O. In 1932 he 
joined Paramount as associate producer and 
made "She Done Him Wrong," "I'm No Angel," 
Mae West hits. Produced "Cimarron," "Humor- 
esque," "Beau Geste," "College Humor." Au- 
thored such famed Broadway musical shows 
and dramas as well-remembered "Apple Blos- 
soms," "Her Regiment," "The Love Letter." Has 
siring of race horses. Likes golf, tennis. 





Paramount super- 
visor. Born in Ke- 
nosha, Wis., Nov. 4, 
1892. A trouper with 
traveling shows at 
11. Schooling in- 
cluded spell at a 
Lake Forest, IlL, mil- 
itary academy. To I 
California with a 
show which went I 
broke, whereupon | 
he conceived the i 
idea of opening a 

song shop in Long Beach. It failed. Next an 
extra job at Paramount. Later became a Key- 
stone Kop. Originated the famous Mack Sen- 
nett Bathing Beauties! Directed first pictures 
of Buster Keaton, Jackie Coogan, Baby Peggy, 
Wheeler and Woolsey, Charlie Ruggles and 
Irene Dunne! Affiliations: Fox, Columbia, Sol 
Lesser, RKO, Universal, Warner, Paramount. 
Signed to present studio position in May, 1935. 

MERVYN LE ROY 

Producer of Mer- 
vyn LeRoy Produc- 
tions for Warners 
and a picture maker 
who has directed an 
outstanding feature 
in well nigh every 
cycle. As a boy, 
sold papers outside 
the eld Alcazar in 
Frisco. Got a small 
part in "Barbara 
Frietchie" and won 
applause by acci- 
dentally falling out of a tree. Made the grade 
in vaudeville in the act "Two Boys at a Piano." 
Attracted by the promise of the movies, went 
into the Lasky wardrobe department at S12.50 
a week. Met Al Green and wheedled him into 
a bit in "Ghost Breaker." Suggested several 
good gags and Green kept him on. At First 
National, talked his way into a job as director. 
His first assignment was "No Place to Go." 
The rest is history. Young, keen, natural show- 
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GEORGE MARSHALL 



HARRY JOE BROWN 




Twentieth C e n - 
t u r y-F o x director. 
Quit selling maga- 
zines to take an of- 
fer of $1 a day and 
cakes and coffee as 
an "e X t r a." Mel 
Frank Lloyd, who 
was then another 
"e X t r a." They 
bought a tuxedo to- 
gether which they 
shared as wardrobe, 
becoming "dress ex- 
tras" at $3.50 a day. Found a third "muske- 
teer" in William Seiter. Finally became as- 
sistant director with Francis Ford. Next joined 
Al Christie as an assistant cameraman, hence 
to Universal as assistant director. In France 
two years with Signal Corps, A.E.F. After war, 
got job directing Tom Mix. Directed many of 
the Will Rogers pictures. Married Germain 
Minet in France. Two children, Germain, and 
George Jr. 

LOU LUSTY 

R K O Associate 
Producer and Execu 
five Assistant to 
Samuel J. Briskin. 
Born in New York 
City. Father, a 
famed New York 
restaurateur at the 
turn of the century 
and proprietor of 
"Lustgarten's." But 
with theatrical virus 
in his veins, he de- 
toured his father's 

hostelry and arrived at the Capitol Theater as 
an usher under the aegis of the late, great 
Roxy. There he learned that a curved line is 
the shortest distance between two points in the 
show business and before long he was issuing 
press releases for "Doc" Riesenfeld at the old 
Rialto Theater along about 1922 B, M. (before 
Mayer). Later became Roxy's assistant during 
and after the construction of the Roxy Theater. 
Since arrival in Hollywood some four years 
ago, he has climbed from trailer and associate 
producing at Columbia to his present post with 
RKO. Hobby — eating at expensive restaurants, 
at's in the blood.) 





Warner Brothers 
associate producer, 
with a 17-year in- 
dustry background. 
Born in Pittsburgh, 
educated for the bar 
at U. of M. and Syr- 
a c u s e University. 
On graduation, in- 
stead turned to 
newspaper work, 
then to the theater. 
Army captain dur- 
ing the World War. 
Entered films in '20. Filmed the Fred Thomp- 
son Westerns when that star led his class. Pro- 
duced and directed Ken Maynard Westerns for 
First National and Universal in association with 
Charles R. Rogers. Later, same partnership 
produced for R.K.O., then took over full charge 
of Pathe Studios until Pathe consolidation with 
R.K.O. Together with Rogers, again formed 
own company and distributed through Para- 
mount for following two years. As Warners 
associate producer responsible for "Captain 
Blood," "Ceiling Zero," and "Stolen Holiday." 

BORIS MORROS 

Paramount studio 
general musical di- 
rector and associate 
producer. Born in 
Alexandrovsk, Rus- 
sia, on Jan. 1, 1895. 
Educated at the Im.- 
perial Conservatory 
at St. Petersburg. 
Studied under Rim- 
sky-Korsakoff. For- 
m e r 1 y conducted 
1 8-piece Imperial 
Russian Symphony 

orchestra which he started as a boy. Organ- 
ized "Chauve Souris" and was director of 
music for all Paramount theaters. Ancestors 
were court musicians to Russian royal family. 
Plays virtually every instrument. Composed 
famed "The Parade of the Wooden Soldiers." 
Discovered Rudy Vallee, Rubinoff. Plays golf 
in 80's. Is entertainment chairman of Para- 
mount Studio Club. Says: "Nothing succeeds 
like success." Honors: the coveted Anton 
Rubinstein prize upon graduation from the 
Imperial Conservatory of Music. 




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MAURICE H. CONN 



TRAVIS BANTON 




President of both 
Ambassador P i c - 
tures. Inc., and Conn 
Pictures Corp. Na- 
tive o{ Concord, N. 
H. Educated at 
Rhode Island State 
College (B.S.), Brown 
University (A.M.). 
and University of 
Southern California 
(graduate work). 
Managed theaters in 
Concord and Provi- 
dence. With Mascot in both production and 
distribution. Established Ambassador Pictures 
in association with Sig Neufeld in 1934. Just 
30, has already produced 22 features. In 1935, 
took over Neufeld's interest in Ambassador, 
added a series of Frankie Darro action pictures 
under the Conn Pictures banner. Later, Kane 
Richmond was added as Darro co-star. In 
1936, established an additional series, starring 
Pinky Tomlin and Toby Wing. Also took over 
the Reliable Studios which he since completely 
remodeled. 

MAX REINHARDT 




Paramount studio 
fashion designer. 
Bom at Waco, Tex- 
as, he migrated to 
New Mexico at the 
age of six years 
and later to New 
York City. Spent 
t'wo years at Colum- 
bia, where he 
claims to have 
flunked everything 
offered. Next year, 
was at Art Students 

League, followed by a year in the New York 
School of Fine and Applied Arts. Quit school 
to join the Navy at outbreak of War. Spent 
training days at Newport and for most of war 
was on a tiny submarine patrol boat. First job 
as fashion designer was with Mme. Frances in 
New York. Soon branched out for himself. 
Spent a year in Paris. Introduced to Walter 
Wanger by Will H. Hays, whose doctor sold 
the idea of getting Banton, a friend, into the 
film designing end. First worked on costumes 
for "The Dressmaker of Paris," 10 years ago. 
Makes an annual trip to Paris for two months. 

MANNY WOLFE 




Warner Bros, di- 
rector. Born in Ba- 
den, Austria, on 
Sept. 8, 1873. Edu- 
cated at Untergym- 
nasium. Worked in 
a bank for a time. 
Began dramatic ed- 
ucation under Emile 
Burde and later en- 1 
tered Vienna Con- 
servatorium, where ! 
he remained until | 
began his first pro- 
fessional career at the Stadt Theater in Salz- 
burg in 1893.. Otto Brahm, of Berlin Deutsches 
Theater, saw him, result: a contract. In 1903 
he left Brahm to start his career as a director. 
Success came, and he vras appointed director 
of the Deutsches Theater. He built two the- 
aters and traveled to foreign countries, Eng- 
land and France included, to produce. In 
America he did "The Miracle" for Norman Bel- 
Geddes. He was the teacher of many direc- 
tors and actors to find later fame in U. S. films, 
including Ernst Lubitsch, William Dieterle, Emil 
Jannings, Rudolf Schildkrauf. Joined Warner 
Bros, and produced Shakespeare's "A Midsum- 
mer Night's Dream" in 1935-36. 




Writers' staff head 
at Paramount Holly- 
wood studio. Born 
May 26, 1904, in 
Bialystok, Russia. 
Came fo United 
States in 1906. 
Graduated from 
University of Cali- 
fornia, writh B.A. de- 
gree in 1927. First 
job was with Jones 
and Green, New 
York theatrical pro- 
ducers. Was company manager for "The 
Squall," "The Trial of Mary Dugan." Manager, 
Isadora Duncan dancers. Went to Hollywood 
in First National studio reading department, 
and became the head in 1930. In 1931, was 
associate producer of the New York production 
of "Louder, Please," by Norman Krasna. Mem- 
ber of editorial board at Paramount in 1932, 
then assistant to Jeffery Lazarus, board head. 
Next, assistant to Bogart Rogers, writers' staff 
head and his successor in 1935. Once studied 
for the Rabbinate at Hebrew Union College, 
Cincinnati, for three years. Married to the 
former Adele Jerome, dancer. Likes golf, en- 
joys music. 



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BUSBY BERKELEY 



WALTER WANGER 




Warner Brothers 
director and a son 
of the widely 
known stage direc- 
tor, Wilson Enos, 
and of the equally 
widely known ac- 
tress, Gertrude Ber- 
keley. Native of 
Los Angeles. Be- 
came "Busby" Ber- 
keley as an infant 
because stage star 
Amy Busby wanted 

to be his Godmother. Despite stage back- 
ground, Berkeley's parents kept him out of 
show business until the World War. in which 
he served as lieutenant and became General 
Pershing's entertainment officer, his first theat- 
rical work. Following the war. became lead- 
ing man. stage director, then dance director, 
both for stage and screen. Finally, became 
associated with Warners to stage dances for 
"42nd Street." As dance director and later reg- 
ular director he has staged most of the famous 
musicals for his company. Stands 5. 9. Hair, 
dark. Eyes, blue. Hobbies, all sports. 

LEWIS E. GENSLER 




Head of own pro- 
duction organi- 
zation releasing 
through United Art- 
ists. Born in Frisco, 
grew up on both 
sides of Atlantic, 
broke out with 
rhow-business rash 
03 Dartmouth stu- 
dent. Broadway 
play producer in his 
early twenties, with 
time out to be World 
War aviator. Started film career as general 
production manager for Famous Players-Lasky. 
resigned to produce plays in London. General 
production manager. Paramount, 1924-30; vice- 
president of Columbia for year, then M-G-M 
producer. Formed own company and distribu- 
ted through Paramount. Made present U. A. 
affiliation last year. Has Sylvia Sydney, 
Charles Boyer, Madeleine Carroll, Henry Fon- 
da. Joan Bennett and Pat Paterson under con- 
tract. Relaxes via polo. 

FRANK BORZAGE 




Paramount Asso- 
ciate Producer, and 
a native of little ol' 
New York. Entered 
banking busi- 
ness upon gradua- 
tion from high 
school. Love for 
music led to com- 
posing. Nora Bayes 
heard a Gens'sr 
song and intro- 
duced the young 
composer to Harms 

Publishing Co. Short time later Gensler wrote 
his first show, "Queen of Hearts," with Oscar 
Hammerstein and Frank Mandell. His suc- 
cess assured after Harry Richman scored with 
"Tom-tom," hit from that show, Gensler wrote 
"Forty-niners," produced on Broadway same 
year. Also wrote "Greenwich Village Follies," 
"Captain Jinx" and "Queen High," in collabo- 
ration with Schwab and Mandell. He then 
produced "Fine and Dandy," "The Pagan 
Lady," and "Ballyhoo." Among his Para- 
mount productions: "The Big Broadcast of 
1937," "Show Business," "Yours for the Ask- 
ing," "Millions in the Air," "Professional 
Lady," and "Caviar for His Excellency." 




Director, u n d e r I 
contract to Warner | 
Brothers. In the 
prime of life and al- 
ready a tradition. 
As master of youth- j 
ful romance and 
homely, human in- 
t e re s t has few | 
peers. ''Humor- 
esque" was his first I 
b i g one. Success 
more than repeated | 
with ''Seventh 

Heaven." Son of a Utah rancher, worked in 
a mine to get money for a correspondence 
course in drama. Course was a fake, but 
Frank's ambition was genuine, so he set out 
to be an actor, anyway. Started as prop boy 
in a cheap road show. Raachei Hollywood 
when actors drew $5 a day and carfare. Met 
Tom Ince, who gave him better things to do. 
Not much later, organized own company and 
made westerns. Then came start as a director. 
Clear-eyed, jovial, honest, well-balanced. Lis- 
tens to everybody's troubles. Treats the elec- 
trician just like the boss. Stands 5, 10' 2. 
Hair, brown. Eyes, hazel. Hobbies, golf, 
squash and polo. 



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SAMUEL BISCHOFF 



CLARENCE BROWN 




Warner Brothers | 
producer and a gift 
of Hartford, Conn., 
to Hollywood. Edu- 
cated at Hartford 
and Boston Univer- 
sity. Became a CPA 
in Boston. Was sent 
to California in 1923 
to take charge oi 
production for 
Grand Asher. Later 
formed Bischoff, 
Inc., producing com- 
edies and dog pictures. Made four features for 
Gotham Productions. In 1928. became Studio 
Manager for Columbia. Joined Tiffany and 
later organized KBS. Directed "The Last Mile." 
In August, 1933, joined Warner Bros, as a pro- 
ducer. Since that time has made 45 pictures 
for W. B. Stands, 5, 7 '/a. Hair, black. Eyes, 
blue. Hobby, golf. 

ROBERT LORD 




fHfc 00^ ^^ 



JHHl. 



Born in Chicago 
something over 30 
years ago. Gradu- 
ated from Univer- 
sity High School 
and attended Har- 
vard, where he 
wrote several plays 
and novels, all, ac- 
cording to his own 
confession, very 
bad. Took Prof. 
George Pierce Ba- 
ker's 47 Workshop 

Playwri'ing course and then got a job on the 
Boston Telegram. Became dramatic, film and 
music critic. Moved to New York, Twhere he 
became an actor in a small, arly theater. Next 
a play reader for an agent, then a job as of- 
fice boy for Robert Milton. Wrote to William 
Fox, asking for a job and got one from Win- 
field Sheehan. to whom Fox introduced him. 
Finally, wound up, after several more writing 
jobs, with V/arner Bros, in 1937, becoming a 
supervisor-director about '30. 




Director for M-G- " ' 

M. Born in Clinton, 
Mass., on May 19, 
1890. Educated at 
University of Ten- 
nessee, r e c e i V - 
ing degrees in elec- 
trical and mechani- 
cal engineering, re- 
spectively. After 
pursuing his profes- 
sion for several 
years, became 
keenly interested in 

picture making. Became assistant director for 
Maurice Tourneur. First picture work was the 
Clara Kimball Young production, "Trilby," 
1915. With Tourneur for six years, then made 
a director. Record for success an extraordinary 
one; it is said of him that he has never made 
a flop. Among notable productions are "Flesh 
and the Devil," with Garbo and Gilbert. Has 
directed seven pictures with Garbo, including 
"Anna Christie," "Anna Karenina" and now 
making "Countess Walewska." Also directed 
a number oi pix with Crawford and Shearer. 

ROY DEL RUTH 

Director. Native 
of Philadelphia, and 
educated there and 
in Brooklyn. E m - 
ployed by Curtis 
Publishing Co. in 
editorial depart 
ment as sketch art 
ist and illustrator. 
Later, joined Phila 
delphia Inquirer 
and North Ameri- 
can doing repertori- 
al and sketch work. 

Got his film start in 1915 as scenario and title 
writer for Keystone. Left Mack Sennett in 1918 
and joined William Fox as director and w^riter 
of two-reel comedies. Latsr, returned to Sen- 
nett. Then again to Fox, remaining as director 
of comedies until joining Warner Bros., in De- 
cember, 1925. Later pictures include "Broad- 
way Melody of 193S" and "Born to Dance" — 
both for M-G-M, "Thanks a Million," "On the 
Avenue" for 20th Century-Fox. 





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SAM WOOD 



BRYAN FOY 




Director. Born and 
educated in Phila- 
delphia. Salesman 
in various Ameri- 
can cities, ultimate- 
ly selling real es- 
tate in Los Angeles. 
First contact with 
the picture business 
when he tried to 
sell a Hollywood lot 
to Cecil B. DeMille. 
DeMille didn't buy, i 
but made Wood his 

assistant. In 1920, became a iull-iledged di- 
rector. Made the original starring vehicles of 
Wallace Reid and Gloria Swanson. Was 
"Red" Grange's director in a couple of suc- 
cessful football pictures. Contract with M-G-M. 
which has been going on for years, was a re- 
sult. Does all kinds of pictures but prefers 
comedy; in recent years his pictures have in- 
cluded "The Unguarded Hour," "Whip Saw," 
"A Night at the Opera," "Let 'Em Have It." 
Sports enthusiast, an avid football fan. Fond 
of rowing, swimming, golf. 




Warner Brothers 
associate producer. 
Irish - American, 
born Fitzgerald, son 
of famed Eddie Foy. 
First picture, after 
lots of stage experi- 
ence, was in 1915. 
Became gag man, 
director, and finally 
started his own 
company making 
"Hysterical History" 
comedies for Uni- 
versal. Finally, when his father had to write 
to find out where he could see one of Bryan's 
pictures, the boy decided he had better get 
into features. Gag man with Vic Schertzinger, 
Chuck Reisner and Syd Chaplin. Directed the 
first feature length all-talking picture, "Lights 
of New York." Composer of the unforgettable 
topical song, "Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Shean." 
A wizard for choosing popular subjects. Has 
already made more than a dozen pictures on 
present pact. Clever, showmanlike, practical. 

SID ROGELL 



W. P. LIPSCOMB 

Playwright - scen- 
arist. Like the im- 
mortal Nelson, a 
native of Merton 
Surrey, England. 
Educated at King's 
College. At 17, ran 
away to go on 
stage. Played in 
early silent films in 
England, including 
"The German Inva- j 
sion" in lune, 1914. 
Lieutenant in British 

army. Decorated. After war, wrote magazine 
sketches and plays. Started in films as cutter 
in the early talkies. Later, a scenarist. Wrofs 
the original stage play, "Clive of India," in 
collaboration with R. J. Minney, and later did 
the screenplay. Successful U. S. screenplays 
include "Les Miserables," "A Tale of Two 
Cities," "Under Two Flags," "The Garden of 
Allah." 





RKO Studio Man- 
ager. Born at St. 
Joseph, Missouri, 
January 16, 1900. 
Educated at North 
Central High School, 
Spokane, Wash. — 
later becoming a 
secretary for the 
Braden Copper Co. 
in Chile. Crossing 
the Andes, he ar- 
rived in B u e n o s 
Aires and joined 

thj staff of the United Press, subsequently en- 
tering the music publishing business when 
"Dardanella" was the rage. North of the equa- 
tor once again, he entered film biz as a 
production manager, assistant director and 
general factotum for Harry Joe Brown Produc- 
tions. Next, production manager for Charles 
R. Rogers Productions. Thence to Pathe Stu- 
dios as production manager, to Warner Broth- 
ers as a producer, to Columbia in the same 
capacity until assuming his present post. De- 
spite the mass of studio problems confronting 
him, he still finds time for swimming, golf. 



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WILLIAM DIETERLE 

Director, under 
contract to Warners. 
Born in '93 in Rhein- 
pfalz and as early 
as 10 years of age 
staged classics in an 
old barn with news- 
papers pasted on 
boards for scenery. 
As soon as possible 
joined a cheap the- 
atrical troupe from 
which he graduated 
to Heidelberg, Zur- 
ich, Munich and finally Berlin theaters. For 
nine years a member of Max Reinhardt's Ber- 
lin Theater company. A deep student, intel- 
lectual, artistic. Almost in a row came through 
with "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (in collabo- 
ration with Reinhardt), "Story of Louis Pasteur," 
"White Angel." Is a master of big themes and 
spectacular mass effects. Knows the camera. 
A master of angles. Never takes an unneces- 
sary shot. Has a marvelous mind for detail 
and carries in his memory an outline of every 
camera change so that he literally "cuts" the 
picture as he shoots it. Hair, black. Eyes, 
brown. Stands over 6. 

FRANKLIN HANSEN 

Head of Para- 1 
mount Studio sound 
department. Bom in 
Saugerties, N. Y., 
May 2, 1897. Went 
to school in New 
York, Pasadena, Los 
Angeles and at the 
Naval Training 
School. Married to 
Dolly D. Dunning. 
Left school in 1917 
at age of 19 and 
joined the navy. 

Was made chief radio operator on U.S.S. Roch- 
ester running out of New York with fast trans- 
ports during war. Following war was em- 
ployed by the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph 
Co. on first radio telephone system open for 
commercial service between Catalina Island 
and the Mainland. Joined Paramount Pictures, 
Inc., June 18, 1928, when this company entered 
the sound pictures field. Has been director of 
recording for Paramount since 1931. Hansen's 
early ambition to be a captain of a sea going 
ship has been partly fulfilled — he now owns a 
yacht and is commodore of the Pacific Writers 





Yacht Club. Won Academy's award for excel- 
lence in sound for three years. 1931-33. 

HENRY BLANKE 



Associate produc- 
er for Warners-First 
National and a one- 
time personal assis- 
t a n t to Ernst Lu- 
bitsch. Born in Ber- 
lin-S t e g 1 i t z, Ger- 
many, on Dec. 30, 
1901, the son of a 
widely known 
painter, Wilhelm 
Blanke. Entered the 
industry via Ufa in 
1919. A year later, 

joined Lubitsch, accompanying the latter to the 
U. S. in 1922. Since that time, has been associ- 
ated with Warners save for 1926-27 when he 
returned to Ufa as business and produtcion 
manager on Fritz Lang's "Metropolis". Has 
been Warners production chief in Germany 
and head of company's foreign department in 
Hollywood. As associate producer, responsible 
for "A Midsummer Night's Dream," "Story of 
Louis Pasteur," "Petrified Forest," "The Green 
Pastures." Eyes, gray. Stands, 5, 5. Hobbies: 
Polo, badminton. 

HENRY HERZBRUN 

Vice - president 

and general mana- 
ger of Paramount 

Studio in Hollywood. 

Born in New York 

City Feb. 10, 1885. 

Graduated from 

New York Law 

School and admitted 

to the bar in 1907. 

Appointed special 

deputy state's at- 
torney by Charles 

Evans Hughes, then 

Governor. Early motion picture screen slide 
manufacturer was first client. In 1918 became 
actively interested in production when, as at- 
torney for Film Clearing House, he advised 
filming of the story, "The Littlest Rebel," with 
Mary Miles Minter. Took an active part in or- 
ganization by Adolph Zukor of the Famous 
Players Co., and later became attorney and 
advisor for B. P. Schulberg. Also affiliated with 
Famous Attractions which Schulberg, B. P. 
Fineman and J. G. Bachman organized. Later 
became secretary-attorney for Preferred Pic- 




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tures which Schulberg organized alone. Rep- 
resented W. C. Fields when that player closed 
his first contract with Paramount. In 1926 es- 
tablished permanent residence in Hollywood 
as attorney for Paramount. Nine years later, 
in 1935, was appointed company v.-p. and 
general manager of the studios. Eyes, brown. 
Hair, brown. Stands 5, 8/2. 

LLOYD BACON 

One of the few 
movie directors to 
qualify as "a native 
son." Born Dec. 4, 
1890, at San Jose, 
Calif.; educated in 
San Francisco and 
at Santa Clara Col- 
lege. Son of the 
late Frank "Light- 
nin' " Bacon. Be- 
gan stage career as 
a bewhiskered nub- 
ian in "Salome," 

travelled all over country in stock, became a 
a leading man, and because he happened to 
be playing in Santa Barbara, got a part in a 
"Bronco Billy" western being filmed there. 
For some years following, he was stage and 
screen actor, comedy director and stage direc- 
tor in rapid succession, making films with 
Chaplin and others. Serving in the Navy dur- 
ing the World War, he returned to directing 
comedies until signed by Jack Warner as a 
feature-length picture megaphoner. Responsi- 
ble for "The Singing Fool," "Moby Dick," 
"Wonderbar" and "Marked Woman" among 
others. Hair, brown. Eyes, blue. Stands 5, 10. 
Hobbies: all sports. 

BENJAMIN GLAZER 

Paramount associ- 
ate producer. Born 
in Belfast, Ireland. 
Moved with family 
to P h i 1 a d e 1 phia 
when a child. Grad- 
uated with L.L.M. 
degree from Univer- 
sity of P e n n s y 1 - 
vania. Practiced law 
6 years. Wrote 
neTvspaper editorials 
for P h i 1 a d e Iphia 
Press and spare 

time newspaper reporting while continuing legal 
practice. Wrote "The Master," play, which 
was produced by Mrs. H. B, Harris with Arnold 
Daly as star. With this encouragement, Glazer 





gave up law and newspaper work and turned 
to the theater. First assignment was for Mol- 
nar in adapting "Liliom," "The Swan," "Fash- 
ions for Men." After several years moved to 
Hollywood. Did scenarios on "The Merry 
Widow," "Flesh and the Devil," "Seventh 
Heaven," "Service for Ladies." In 1931, be- 
came Paramount associate producer. He usu- 
ally does most of writing oi the films he pro- 
duces. 

GROVER JONES 

Has authored 300 
stories for pictures, 
56 of which were 
for Paramount. Also 
has done innumer- 
able short stories 
and articles for Col- 
lier's. Saturday Eve- 
ning Post. etc. Has 
done everything 
from scene painting 
to directing. First 
job was that of day 
laborer for Univer- 
sal. Created art titles for Realart, later ab- 
sorbed by Paramount. With Vitagraph, he 
first was a gag man and then directed 125 
comedies, 121 of which he wrote himself. 
Signed with Paramount in 1926. Does his work 
on a linotype machine in his garage and sends 
out all his material in proof form. Says: "A 
story is only as good as its plot." His wife, 
Susan Avery Jones, gave up her flower shop 
to care for the kennel of sheep dogs which 
Jones likes next best to his linotype machine. 
Co-producer of "Souls at Sea," Paramount, 
with Henry Hathaway. Did "The Virginian," 
"One Sunday Afternoon," with William Slav- 
ens McNutt. 

HOWARD ESTABROOK 

Scenarist, di- 
alogue writer, as- 
s o c i a te producer. 
Native of Detroit. 
Attended school 
there, wrote and 
staged several 
plays. First job in 
county treas- 
urer's office in home 
city. To increase his 
income, played bits 
with a local stock 
troupe, wrote and 
sold vaude sketches, 
ater, played for Daniel Frohman, David Belas- 




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CO. Became a leading man. Then into films. 
Became an indie producer, script writer. Pre- 
pared scripts for Otis Skinner's "Kismet," "The 
Bad Man," "Hell's Agenls," "The Virginian," 
"Cimarron," "David Copperfield," "Way Down 
East," and more recently, 'Maid of Salem." 
Hobbies, both goli and tennis. 

EDWARD L. ALPERSON 

President and pro- 
duction head. Grand 
National. At 13, 
started as an usher 
in the Brandeis The- 
ater, Omaha. Then 
joined Fox there as 
shipping clerk, mov- 
ing up to salesman. 
Switching to First 
National's sell- 
ing force, he was 
u p p e d to branch 
managership with- 
in three months. When Al Lichtman went to 
Preferred Pictures in 1923, he appointed Alper- 
son district manager and when Al moved over 
to Universal the following year he took Eddie 
along to manage the St. Louis branch. Joining 
Warner Bros, in 1925 he was soon Middle West 
district manager and was placed in charge of 
buying product for Warner Theaters in 1929. 
moving up to general sales manager in 1931. 
G. N. prexy since April, 1936. 

BENNIE F. ZEIDMAN 

Head of the Zeld- 
man Productions, re- 
leasing through 
Grand National, al- 
though still a young 
man is a real pix 
pioneer. Started in 
the film business in 
his native Philadel- 
phia with the old 
Lubin Company as 
a telephone boy and 
press-agent at $5 a 
week! Went to Cal- 
ifornia, joining D. W. Griffith, "graduating" to 
publicity manager and advisor to Douglas 
Fairbanks. Later became general manager 
for Mary Pickford, and then assistant to Jack 
Warner. Was virtually manager of all pro- 
duction at Universal when "The Phantom of 
the Opera" and the Reginald Denny pictures 
were filmed there. Also formerly was associ- 
ate producer at Paramount, making the Clara 
Bow pictures, notably "The Fleet's In." In 
recent years eminently successful as an indie 





producer. Eyes, blue. Hair, blond. Stands 
5, 2. 

RICHARD THORPE 



A director whose 
experience runs the 
cinematic gamut, 
from "extra" to stu- 
dio manager. Native 
of Hutchinson, Kan., 
and schooled in 
Wichita that state. 
Early theatrical 
training via stock, 
musical comedies, 
vaudeville. Over- 
seas with the 88th 
Division, A.E.F. Re- 
mained in Paris to appear in a musical at the 
Champs Elysee Theater. Then back to the U. S. 
for first pix experience as an "extra" in Eastern 
studios. Next a writer ... a scenarist ... a 
gag man . . . assistant director . . . cutter 
. . . studio manager (with Johnny Hines). Back 
to acting as leading man with Doris Kenyon. 
Dorothy Gish. Hollywood next, acting, direct- 
ing. Made 76 Westerns for Pafhe. Also seri- 
als, silent features. Has directed about 35 
talkies. Hobbies, golf, swimming. Eyes, hazel 
green. Hair, black. 

MISS FANCHON 

That's her first __ 

name and the only 
professional name 
she has used in 
more than 20 years 
of theatrical experi- 
ence, as the femi- 
nine half of the 
stage producing 
firm of Fanchon & 
Marco. Born in Los 
Angeles, the sister 
of Marco, and Rube 
Wolf. Began career 

with Marco in a dancing act. This led to the 
production of their own shows of "Ideas" in 
Tait's Restaurant, Frisco. Production activities 
grew until they were supplying stage shows 
for film theaters from coast to coast. Many of 
the now great names of screen, stage and ra- 
dio •were once coached and trained by Fan- 
chon in her chorus line-ups and shows. Sev- 
eral months ago she was signed by Adolph 
Zukor to produce pictures for Paramount. First 
is "Turn Off the Moon." Enjoys most the pro- 
duction of musicals, with themes of youthful 
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STUART WALKER 

Paramount p r o - 
ducer. Born in Au- 
gusta, Ky. Educat- 
ed in C i n c i n n a - 
ti Public Schools, 
University of Cincin- 
nati school of engi- 
neering. Was lum- 
berman in St. Tam- 
m a n y parish. La. 
Then became inter- 
ested in dramatics, 
graduated from 
American Academy 

of Dramatic Arts and studied pantomine 
under Eva Alberti. Directed repertory theaters 
in Buffalo, Detroit (for Jessie Bonstelle) and 
was associated for six years with David Belas- 
co as actor, play reader, manager of the play 
bureau and stage manager. Became an inde- 
pendent manager in 1915, invented the Port- 
manteau Theaters and acted and wrote plays 
for it; produced and completed dramatization 
of Booth Tarkington's "Seventeen." Became 
director of Indianapolis Repertory Theater and 
of the Repertory Theater, Cincinnati. First film 
directorial assignment was "The Secret Call" 
from the play, "The Woman," by William de 
Mille. The stage play was originally produced 
by David Belasco when Walker was his stage 
manager. Hobbies, tennis, baseball, boating, 
collection of old furniture, history, geography 
and, oh yes, motoring. 

ARCHIE MAYO 

Director for War- 
ner Brothers. Born 
in New York City in 
1896 and attended 
public schools and 
Columbia U n i v e r- 
sity. Made debut on 
the stage in 19 12 
and went to Holly- 
wood with Sid 
Grauman in 1912. 
Has been a writer, 
song writer, singer 
and filled extra 

roles in pictures for a time. Turned to gag 
writing for a living, after a try at selling shirts. 
Eventually began directing comedies for Stern 
Bros, and Christie. His Warner pictures in- 
clude "Petrified Forest," "Call It a Day," "Black 





Legion," "Doorway to Hell," "Convention City," 
"Illicit," "Bought," and "Mayor of Hell." Hob- 
bies, Pekingese. Eyes, blue. Hair, black. 
Stands, 5, 8. 

lOSEPH PASTERNAK 

Universal pro- 
ducer. Native of 
Szilgy Somlyo, Hun- 
gary. In 1923 be- 
came an assistant 
director at Famous 
Players - Lasky, As- 
toria, L. I., studio. 
In 1925 went to 
Hollywood. Was as- 
sistant director to 
Wesley Ruggles at 
Universal. In 1928, 
v/3nt to Europe to 

produce for Universal. Discovered Francisca 
Gaal who starred in several of his pictures. 
Henry Koster, another "discovery," was his 
director. Produced "Paprika," which Berlin 
critics voted best picture of 1931; his "Spring 
Parade" won the Mussolini award, while 
"Peter" was winner of the International Con- 
gress Medal in Moscow. Among other prize 
winners he produced were: "Veronica," "Kath- 
erine the Last," "Little Mother," "Czibi," "Two 
Sculs." 

LEO McCAREY 

Paramount p r o - 1 
ducer - director and 
described by Charles 
Laughton as "not 
only a great direc- 
tor but the greatest 
comic mind now ; 
living." Native of ' 
Los Angeles, edu- 
cated (law) at the 
University of South- 
ern California. Ex- ! 
perl amateur boxer. 
Following experience 

in law office, mining camp, etc., he turned to 
films. First job was as assistant to Tod Brown- 
ing at Universal. Flair for comedy took him 
to Hal Roach with whom he was associated 
for a period of years. Then joined Paramount. 
Married to the former Stella Martin. One 
daughter, Mary. Sports: Tennis, golf. Hair, 
dark brown. Eyes, brown. Stands 5. 11. 




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JACOB H. KARP 



HANS DREIER 




Resident attorney 
of Paramount studio 
and recognized spe- 
cialist in copyright 
law. Born in New 
York City, Ian. 2, 
1903. Attended New 
York University. Re- 
ceived his law de- 
gree from Columbia 
and was admitted 
to New York Stale 
Bar in June, 1927. 
Practised two years 

and in July, 1929, joined Paramount in New 
York. Three years later was appointed head 
of legal department of New York production 
department. Next, was assistant to Henry 
Herzbrun until Herzbrun was appointed vice- 
president and general manager. 

JOHN STONE 

Producer. Born in 
New York City and 
educated in the pub- 
lic and high schools 
of New York, Col- 
lege of the City of 
New York, and New 
York University. 
Taught in the pub- 
lic schools and 
Morris High, New 
York, for 12 years. 
To Hollywood on 
account of the ill- 
ness of a relative and has been there ever 
since. Secured a job as reader for Fox; 
placed in charge of the scenario department; 
made several adaptations and finally began 
writing originals. After serving at the Fox 
studio for seven years, went with Famous 
Players and made adaptations for several 
Zane Grey stories. Then returned to the Fox 
scenario department. Has written more than 
120 scenarios, 20 of which wore for Tom Mix. 
Was director of foreign productions. In 1932, 
was made assistant to Sol M. Wurtzel on his 
production unit at the Hollywood studio. Early 
in 1934 was promoted to the post of producer. 
Gained fame as the producer of the "Charlie 
Chan" series. Hobbies: Handball, swimming. 
Stands 5, 10. Hair, brown. Eyes, blue. 





^ 



Head of Para- 
mount art depart- 
ment. Native of 
Bremen, Germany, 
and graduate of the 
University of Mun- 
ich. Started at Ufa 
studios in Germany, 
following short arch- 
itectural career. 
Came to United 
States in 1923. Did 
"Forbidden Para- 
dise" for Ernst 

Lubitsch, in New York, then went to Holly- 
wood. Was made art director at Paramount 
in February, 1932, after eight years' unit work 
on such pictures as "Morocco," "Dishonored," 
"The Love Parade" and "Dr. lekyll and Mr. 
Hyde." Is a graduate of University of Bremen. 
Was supervising architect for German West 
Africa three years. Eyes, blue. Hair, blond. 
Stands 5, 11. 

WILLIAM A. SEITER 



Twentieth Cen- 
tury - Fox director. 
Born in New York 
City, son of Col. 
Charles J. Seiter, 
U. S. A. Educated 
at the Hudson River 
Military Academy, 
and intended tak- 
ing up a commer- 
cial career. Entered -^ ^ i 
the employ of an . ■ & 
importing firm and -•_ ^\ i& 
went to China. Got 

homesick for American cooking and resigned. 
Arrived in Los Angeles from the Orient in 
1915, looking for something different to do. 
Became interested in motion pictures, and, hav- 
ing been trained from childhood as a crack 
rider, got his first screen job in a Western 
picture as a cowboy. Later became an as- 
sistant director. Finally graduated to a full- 
fledged directorship at First National. Subse- 
quently worked at every major studio in the 
industry. Belongs to the Lakeside Golf Club, 
Los Angeles Tennis and Hollywood Athletic 
clubs. Rated one of the best amateur golfers 
on the Pacific Coast, shooting regularly in the 
low seventies. Also a crack horseman and 
tennis player. Married to Marian Nixon and 
they have an adopted boy, Christopher Nixon 
Seiter. Stands 6, 1. Hair, black. Eyes, hazel. 



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MICHAEL CURTIZ 

Warner Brothers 
director. Born in 
Budapest, Hungary, 
was educated there 
and in Vienna. 
Followed one year 
of university with 
two years of Theat- 
rical Academy. 
Mother was an 
opera singer and at 
11, played a bit in 
one of her operas. 
Theatrical work of 

all sorts, including leading roles, followed. 
Just before the World War toured European 
capitals as actor and stage director. Serving 
in the heavy artillery on the Russian front was 
wounded, invalided and put in charge of di- 
recting propaganda films. Following the war, 
he spent several years as director for nearly 
all the big film companies, including the Scan- 
dinavian. Harry Warner discovered him in 
Europe, signed him, and brought him to 
America where he has been making highly 
successful pictures ever since. Productions he 
directed include "Charge of the Light Brigade," 
"Stolen Holiday" and "Captain Blood." 



FREDERICK EDWARD SCHUESSLER 

Casting director. 
Paramount Pictures, 
Inc., Hollywood. 
Born and educated 
in Indianapolis. Mar- 
ried to the former 
Marie Ankenbrock. 
For past 15 years 
has been in casting 
offices of Universal, 
Metro - Goldwyn - 
Mayer, Warner 
Brothers, United Ar- 
lists, and RKO 

Radio. Previously was connected with the 
automobile industry in Indianapolis. Started 
in accounting department at Universal and be- 
cause of typing ability was put to work writ- 
ing the 1,600 daily "Hunchback of Notre 
Dame" checks in the casting office. Has 
worked in every studio but Fox. Served two 
years in the U. S. Army Signal Corps' pigeon 
section. Is a member of the American Rac- 
ing Pigeon Club and the American Pigeon 
Club. Has a new pigeon loft and racing 
pigeons at his Hollywood home. Claims, with 
Tenny Wright, production manager of Warner 





Brothers, and Richard Shayer, M-G-M writer, 
to be one of three pigeon enthusiasts in the 
film colony. 

WILLIAM KEIGHLEY 

Now under con- 1 
tract to Warner 
Bros., played 37 1 
roles in his first en- 
gagement with the I 
Ben Greet Shakes- 
pearean players.] 
Later hit the dra- 
matic "big time" in 
"Inside the Lines," I 
"Just Suppose," 
"Crowded H o u r," 
"Romeo and Juliet" i 
with Ethel Barry- 
more. "Richard III" with John Barrymore. First 
directorial job was putting on plays as part 
of a Chatauqua program. At one time, had 
15 shows going at once. Did "Easy to Love," 
"Dr. Monica" and a few others for Warner 
Bros, and then proved he was a fast "learner" 
by smashing through with "G-Men." Hasn't 
missed since. His experience staging big 
plays for Charles Hopkins and Belasco & Cur- 
ran were fine groundwork. Considered espe- 
cially fine with players who need guidance. 
Studious, hard-working. Keen sense of humor. 
Lives very quietly on his 80-acre valley ranch. 

BOGART ROGERS 

An assistant to 
William LeBaron, 
managing director 
of production. Para- 
mount. Son of the 
late Earl Rogers, 
distinguished Cali- 
fornia attorney and 
brother of A d e 1 a 
Rogers St. Johns, 
writer. Attended 
Stanford University. 
Served overseas 
with 32nd Squadron, 

Royal Flying Corps, finishing as a flight com- 
mander. On returning to Hollywood, his home 
town, became publicity director for Thomas H. 
Ince. Supervised series of feature comedies 
for Douglas MacLean. Wrote scenarios and 
fiction. Became head of writing department. 
Paramount, 1934. Producer, 20th Century-Fox, 
1935, then to present berth. Has contributed 
to lop magazines including Satevepost, Vanity 
Fair, Cosmopolitan and Red and Blue Books. 




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EDMUND GRAINGER 



WILLIAM SISTROM 



Universal associ- 
ate producer and an 
exec, who grew up 
in the industry's at- 
mosphere. Son of 
James R., he sold 
pix for Sam Gold- 
wyn during summer 
vacations vrhile still 
a collegian. Edu- 
cated at Fordham, 
w^here he played 
football, basketball. 
With Goldwyn two 

years after getting his sheepskin. Then to 
Hollywood with Fox in various capacities in 
1926. Four years later, was made associate 
producer, first assigned to George O'Brien pix. 
Joined Universal as associate producer in July, 
1933. Bases his production methods on the 
premise that the public is the best judge of 
pictures. Sports: Handball, tennis, swimming. 
Eyes, brown. Hair, ditto. Stands 5, IOV2. 





Associate pro- 
ducer, RKO Radio. 
Brilliant record of 
more than 20 years 
in the industry. Ex- 
ecutive posts in that 
period have in- 
eluded production 
manager for Uni- 
versal, producer 
chief for W. R. 
Hearst's Cosmopoli- 
tan, general man- 
ager of the Holly- 
wood and Metropolitan studios, and general 
manager and production head of Pathe-De 
Mille studios. In latter position he guided 
production of 30 to 40 pictures a year. Recent 
productions: "The Plot Thickens," "Bunker 
Bean," "Murder On the Bridle Path," "There 
Goes My Girl." A close-set man of average 
height and thick black-grey hair, Sistrom fol- 
lows no sports, declares his hobby is the pic- 
ture business. 



EARL BALDWIN 



NORMAN TAUROG 




Born in Newark, 
N. J., and gradu- 
ated from American 
Institute of Banking, 
New York City. 
Went to work as 
teller in a bank, re- 
signed when Nrd 
Wayburn offered 
him a job as choru> 
boy, but had to re- 
ject Wayburn job 
because of parental 
objections. Held 33 

jobs, ranging from soda jerking to office boy 
for Thomas A. Edison, in next year and pro- 
duced amateur collegiate musical comedy 
which got him job of play reviewer and reader 
with M-G-M. During service with Metro, Bald- 
win wrote 36 burlesque productions which 
were presented in Los Angeles. Then began 
writing sub-titles and gags for Metro. Sub- 
mitted a treatment on "Brotherly Love" for 
Karl Dane and George K. Arthur, which got 
him job to write scenario. Been writing 
scenarios ever since, with Warner Bros.-First 
National for several years. Became a super- 
visor in 1938, but continued to write as well. 




Twentieth Cen- 
tury - Fox Director. 
Born in Chicago. 
Made his auspi- 
cious stage debut 
in New York at 
eight in "The Good 
Little Devil," with a 
cast which included 
Mary Pickford, Dor- 
othy and Lillian 
Gish, Ernest Truex, 
Ernest Lawford and 
William Norris. A 

child actor with the old Imp Co., in 1916 he 
heeded the call of Hollywood and went to 
work with the L.K.O. Studios. When he saw 
himself on the screen for the first time, he 
promptly quit acting, became a property boy. 
Then with Henry Lehrman at the old Fox 
Studios as assistant director and cutter on 
comedies. At 21 became the director of Larry 
Semon comedies. Subsequently, with Educa- 
tional, Tiffany-Stahl for which he directed his 
first feature. Next to Paramount for 7 years. 
Won the directorial award of the Academy for 
"Skippy," which gave Jackie Cooper his start. 
In 1925, married Julie Leonard, then working 



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for Hal Roach. They have one daughter, 
Patricia Ann. Hobbies: Collection of first edi- 
tions, and pipes. Favorite sports, golf, tennis, 
swimming. Stands 5, IOV2. Hair, black. 
Eyes, brown. 

BUCK JONES 

Actor, producer, 
director. Bom Vin- 1 
cennes, Ind. Married 
to the former Odille 
Osborne. Daughter, 
Maxine. In pictures 
18 years. Grew up 
on 3000-acre cattle 1 
ranch in Oklahoma, { 
amid horses, sad- 
dles, guns and | 
"wild west" back- 
ground. Left home | 
in his teens to en- 
list in U. S. Army. Saw active service on 
the Mexican border, in the Philippines. 
Wounded in the leg by a Moro outlaw, was 
shipped back to U. S. Assigned to First Avia- 
tion Squadron, flew some of the oldest planes 
in use by Army. Tested race cars in 1913, 
and following year joined Miller 101 Ranch 
Show as trick roper and bronc rider. Went 
to California with Ringling Bros, in 1917, quit- 
ting the circus to enter films. Started as extra 
at Universal for $5 a day. Has made 150 pic- 
tures, for Fox, Columbia and Universal. Com- 
pletes in August, three-year contract with Uni- 
versal by which he produced his own pictures. 
Takes pride in his 85-foot-yacht, Sartartia, 
which permits him to indulge in hobby, deep- 
sea fishing. Stands 6 ft. Hair, brown. Eyes, 
dark blue. 

LEE MARCUS 

Producer and pro 
duction assistant tc 
S. J. Briskin, vice- 
president in charge 
of production at 
R K O Radio. Born 
and educated in 
Buffalo, he is a tall, 
broad - shouldered 
man with a pen- 
chant for sports. Six- 
teen years in pic- 
ture business, be. 
began as a film 
salesman upon leaving the Army. Has been 
associated with RKO since that company 
bought out FBO. Became vice president of 
RKO Radio, later president of RKO Pathe; 




later yet, acted as liaison officer between East 
and West Coasts. In addition to handling en- 
tire RKO short-subject program, he produced 
series of successful Wheeler and Woolsey 
comedies, and in recent months also has pro- 
duced "On Again — Off Again," "We're on the 
Jury." Likes bowling, golf, tennis, and, he 
adds, "good food." 

EDWARD KAUFMAN 



RKO Radio pro- 
ducer and a former 
newspaperman. Is 
picture pioneer hav- 
ing started with 
American Film Co. 
in 1915. Newspaper 
affiliations: Philadel- 
phia Times, New 
York Press, Balti- 
more News, Wash- 
ington Times. Screen 
affiliations: Univer- 
sal, writer and su- 
pervisor; Paramount, writer; Warner Brothers- 
First National, writer; RKO Radio, writer and 
now associate producer. Has been exception- 
ally successful with sophisticated comedies of 
mystery and romantic brand, pictures of this 
type he has produced for RKO including "Star 
of Midnight," "The Ex-Mrs. Bradford," "Walk- 
ing on Air," "Smartest Girl in Town," "Life of 
Party." Stands 5, 3. Eyes, gray. 




WALTER LANTZ 



Has been making 
animated cartoons 
for more than 20 
years. Still a young 
man. Now heads 
his own company 
which produces 26 
Oswalds yearly for 
the New Universal. 
Despite success, he 
is still one of the 
boys — his em- 
ployees call him 
"Walt." Started car- 
tooning as soon as he finished school and has 
been doing if ever since. Animated such old 
time favorites as "Jerry on the Job," "Katzen- 
jammer Kids" and "Colonel Heeza Liar." Is 
now perfecting a new cartoon three-dimen- 
sional process with drawings working in con- 
junction with modeled figures. Dabbles with 
amateur photography and raises prize Great 
Danes as a hobby. Caricatured one of his 




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dogs in a picture and it received more laughs 
than it did blue ribbons. Dog was named 
"Elmer the Great" Dane and has become a 
popular character in the Oswald series. Loves 
to rough it at Lake Sherwood. Is an ardent 
fisherman. Shoots a sensational golf game 
for the first or second nine, but can't get them 
together. 

ROWLAND V. LEE 

RKO Radio direc- 
tor and former stage 
and screen actor. 
Born in Findlay, O., 
educated at Colum- 
bia U., and a World 
War veteran. Joined 
Thomas Ince as ac- 
tor in 1919, later 
became director, 
continuing with 
Goldwyn, Fox Para- 
mount, remaining 
with latter in 1929- 

30. Directed "Zoo in Budapest" one of the 
National Board of Review Ten Best for 1933; 
directed for Jesse L. Lasky and Edward Small; 
directed "The Count of Monte Cristo," voted 
one of the Ten Best of 1934 in the annual 
FILM DAILY poll; directed for RKO, Pickford- 
Lasky; and in England. Just finished direction 
on "The Toast of New York" for RKO. Hob- 
bies: Playwriting and all sports; member 
Academy of M. P. Arts and Sciences, and 
M. P. D. A. Hollywood. 

LAWRENCE WEINGARTEN 



Producer for 
M-G-M. Born in Chi- 
cago, educated in 
Minneapolis and 
Los Angeles Junior 
College. Started ca- 
reer as a n e w s - 
paperman. Then be- 
came advertising 
manager of Boos 
Bros. Cafeteria, Los 
Angeles. Next, han- 
dled advertising in 
Los Angeles thea- 
ters, which led to his becoming publicity di- 
rector for Jackie Coogan. In Chemical Warfare 
Service during the World War. Later, again 
with the Coogans. Joined M-G-M as assistant 
to Harry Rapf. Assisted Irving G. Thalberg 
in producing the first "Broadway Melody." 
Then started producing the Tim McCoy West- 
erns, which launched Director W. S. Van Dyke 






at M-G-M. Has traveled extensively. Is mar- 
ried to Sylvia Thalberg. Among his pictures 
are "The Last of Mrs. Cheyney," "Libeled 
Lady," "His Brother's Wife," "Rendezvous," 
"Should Ladies Behave," and "Sadie McKee." 
Rated a natural showman with practical thea- 
ter experience. Stands 5, 8' 2. Hair, dark. 
Eyes, brown. Favorite sport, golf. 

ROBERT SISK 

Associate pro- 
ducer at RKO 
Radio. A former 
newspaperman and 
native son of Mary- 
land. Served three 
years on editorial 
staff of Baltimore 
Sun, handling politi- 
cal reporting and 
make-up. Three 
years on Variety. 
Then became, for 
six years, general 

press representative of the Theater Guild. 
Joined RKO in March, 1932, exactly 29 years 
after his birthday. Career advanced rapidly. 
After being director of advertising, publicity 
and exploitation and assistant to J. R. Mc- 
Donough, former RKO president, he became 
an associate producer in Hollywood. Recent 
productions: "Farmer in the Dell," "Chatter- 
box," "The Last Outlaw," "You Can't Beat 
Love," "The Plough and the Stars," in associa- 
tion with Cliff Reid, "Don't Tell the Wife." 
and "Annapolis Salute." 

ZION MYERS 

Grand National 
producer. Born in 
San Francisco, June 
26, 1898. Started in 
the picture business 
as secretary to Carl 
Laemmle at Univer 
sal. Has been suc- 
cessively prop man, 
assistant director, 
casting director, pro- 
duction manager, 
publicity man, gag 
man, scenarist and 

shorts and feature director for Universal, Edu- 
cational, Fox and M-G-M. Having directed 
seme 30 or 40 shorts and several features, 
went to Columbia as producer of shorts. Then 
to RKO as production associate on features, 
notably Gay Divorcee and Roberta. Now as- 
sociated in partnership with Victor Schert- 




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zinger at Grand National, producing a series 
of musicals and dramatic pictures, the first of 
which, Jimmy Cagney's "Something to Sing 
About," is in production. Hobbies: Golf, tennis. 
Stands 5, 11. Hair, red. Eyes, blue. 

EDWARD L LUDWIG 

Director, writer. 

Born in Russia, 

came to this coun- 
try when eight 

years old. Lived in 

New York, attended 

school there. Studied 

nights and worked 

days. To increase 

his income, drifted 

to Tin Pan Alley 

and Avrote songs. 

From there info 

vaudeville as actor. 
First film job with old Vitagroph Company in 
New York. Started as prop boy, worked in 
every department from camera to cutting and 
writing. Always wanted to write. To Holly- 
wood in 1917 for Vitagraph and emerged as 
writer, director. At one time considered ablest 
film cutter in Hollywood and to this day his 
knowledge of camera second to none. Wrote 
and directed two-reelers for Stern Brothers, 
then became feature director with Universal 
and other studios. Attracted wide attention 
few years ago when he directed Claude Rains 
in "The Man Who Reclaimed His Head." 
Since then directed "Three Kids and A 
Queen," "Friends of Mr. Sweeney," "Age of 
Indiscretion," "Her Husband Lies," "Fatal 
Lady," "Adventure in Manhattan" and others. 
Hobbies, good music and ditto books. Stands 
5, 6. Hair, brown. Eyes, gray. 

EDWIN L. MARIN 

Director. Native of 
Jersey City, and 
educated there and 
at University of 
Pennsylvania. E n - 
tered pictures in 
1919 with Para- 
mount as assistant 
cameraman. Joined 
Tiffany in New York 
as second camera- 
man and assistant 
director. Return to 
Paramount as as- 
sistant director and unit manager. To the 
sistant director, later joined Robert T. Kane as 
assistant director and unit manager. To the 





Coast in 1926 for First National. Later joined 
Paramount as assistant director. Started di- 
recting talking pictures in 1931 fsr K.B.S. then 
went to Monogram and Universal. Now with 
M-G-M. Stands 5, 10 '/2. Eyes, blue-gray. 
Hair, brown. 

GUS MEINS 

Director. Born in ' 
Frankfort, Germany. 
Educated in St. 
Louis and Los An- 
geles, specializing 
in cil painting and 
astronomy. Marriad, 
has one son, Gor- 
don. A catoonist on ] 
Hearst papers, he 
began screen ca- 
reer with Fox in 
1919 as scenarist 
and gag man. Be- 
came assistant director, then director, for Mack 
Sennett. Made short comedies for Stern Broth- 
ers; handled the "Newlyweds and Their 
Baby" series, "Keeping Up with the Joneses" 
series; "Buster Brown" comedies; Arthur Lake 
pictures. Under contract to Hal Roach, direct- 
ed 350 "Our Gang" two-reelers. Recently di- 
rected the musical feature, "Nobody's Baby" 
for Hal Roach, with Patsy Kelly and Lyda 
Roberti. Also, "Kelly the Second," starring 
Patsy Kelly. Recently completed Republic's 
"Hit Parade," musical starring Frances Lang- 
ford and Phil Regan. Stands, 5, 4^2. Hair, 
light. Eyes, blue. 

JACK CONWAY 

Director for 
M-G-M. Born in 
Graceville, Minn., 
and educated in 
Durham prepara- 
tory school. Ama- 
teur theatricals led 
him into acting. 
Belasco saw him 
when he came to 
New York, and 
made him a lead- 
ing man. To Los 
Angeles in 1911 on 
one theatrical engagement, and was drawn 
into the vortex of the film business. In 1915 
given the featured lead in Jack London's "The 
Valley of the Moon." In 1918, became a di- 
rector. Successes for M-G-M include that com- 
pany's first talkie, "Alias Jimmy Valentine," 
"Our Modern Maidens," "New Moon," "The 




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WHO'S WHO IN HOLLYWOOD 




Easiest Way," "Arsene Lupin," "Red-Headed 
Woman," "Viva Villa," "A Tale of Two Cities," 
"Libeled Lady." Has the emotional sensitivity 
of a trained actor, a keen knowledge of the 
humanities. Hobbies: Golf, riding and swim- 
ming. Married to Virginia Bushman, a daugh- 
ter of Francis X. 

HENRY KING 

Director for 20th 
Century -Fox. Born at 
Christiansburg, high 
up in the Blue Ridga 
section of Virginia. 
Parents wanted him 
to study for Metho- 
dist ministry, but he 
had other plans. 
Toured with stock 
companies, circuses, 
vaudeville and bur- 
lesque troupes. __ 
First screen work 

was with the old Lubin Company. Discovered 
Baby Marie Osborne and co-starred with her 
at Balboa. There he started as a director, 
played feature roles and wrote many stories. 
Brought Ronald Colman, Ernest Torrence and 
Gary Cooper to the screen.. "Tol'able David," 
his first picture for Inspiration, brought star- 
dom to Richard Barthelmess. Rated one of 
the best aviators in the country. Stands, 6. 
Hair, brown. Eyes, blue. 

ALBERT LEWIN 

Now producing] 
with Paramount, 
used to be Irving | 
Thalberg's top brig- 
adier. Pint-sized and j 
remarkable among 
small men in that 
the fact doesn't] 
seem to annoy him. 
Born in Newark, 
N. I., Sept. 23, 1894. 
Attended New York 
University, Harvard, 
and later Columbia. 

Became professor of English at the University 
of Missouri. Acted as assistant national di- 
rector of the American Jewish Relief Commit- 
tee during the war. Entered the film indus- 
try via the cutting department. Did the script 
of "Bread" for the old Metro Company and 
wen a contract as a writer. Later was made 
a producer. Among the outstanding pictures 
he supervised for Thalberg have been "Red 





Headed Woman," "Smilin' Thru," "China 
Seas," "Mutiny on the Bounty" and "The Good 
Earth." Now readying "True Confession," 
starring Carole Lombard, and "Gettysburg" at 
Paramount. 

LESLIE L. LANDAU 

One of Holly- 
wood's very few | 
producers whose! 
training was in Brit- 
ish pictures. Ini 
1923, on returning j 
from studying in] 
Germany, which| 
prepared him for a 
private banking ca- 1 
reer, he met Louis 
Levine, then man- 
aging director of 
Fox Film Company 

in London. Needing a German interpreter at 
a social affair, Levine rang young Landau 
into service. He was so impressed that he 
asked the young banker to join Fox. From 
1923 to 1934, he covered all branches of en- 
deavor with the Fox Company and in 1930 
he became associate editor of British Movie- 
tone News, which position he held till 1934 
when he produced features. Darryl Zanuck 
brought him to Hollywood in October, 1936. 
Swims, plays tennis and cricket. 

MARK SANDRICH 

Director. Born in 
New York and edu- 
cated at Columbia 
University. Joined 
Century Pictures, 
then to Fox for two 
years. Wrote "Sweet 
Sixteen" series for 
Universal; and was 
"gag" man for Uni- 
versal. Subsequent- 
ly assistant director 
for Warners, direc- 
tor of short subjects 

at Fox and Universal for four years, feature 
director at Columbia. Later still, directed talk- 
ing feature for Sono Art-World Wide release 
and talking shorts for Louis Brock. Also di- 
rected Clark and McCullough, Chic Sales 
series; Benny Rubin, Walter Catlett, "Broad- 
way Headliners" series. Now under contract 
to RKO Radio, where he has directed several 
features, among them "Gay Divorcee," "Top 
Hat," "Follow the Fleet" and "Shall We 
Dance." Hobbies: Swimming, golf. 




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RALPH MURPHY 

Director - writer- 
actor. Native of 
Rockville, Conn. 
Educated at Holy- 
oke High School 
and Syracuse Uni- 
versity (class of '16) 
where he took aca- 
demic and law^ 
courses and had his 
first taste of the 
theater via Boar's 
Head and Tam- 
bourine and Bones 

productions. Acted with the original Wash- 
ington Square Players, Henry Miller, George 
M. Cohan, John Golden. Was assistant under 
Winchell Smith. Directed stock companies in 
Syracuse, N. Y. and elsewhere. Wrote five 
plays, which were produced on Broadway. 
Joined Pathe in 1930 as a writer and director. 
Later with Charles R. Rogers Productions. Then 
directing and writing for RKO-Pathe. Directed 
later for Rogers Productions, releasing through 
Paramount. Made "Top of the Town" for new 
Universal. Now with Paramount. 

WILLIAM ANTHONY McGUIRE 

Writer - director- 
producer, under con- 
tract to M - G - M. 
Native of Chicago, 
one of 13 children. 
Wrote his first play 
at 15; James K. 
Hackett called it 
"splendid," encour- 
aged him to keep 
on writing. Famed 
as a Broadway 
playwright since 
achieving his first 

noteworthy success with "The Divorce Ques- 
tion" more than 20 years ago, directed several 
of his later musical successes for the late 
Florenz Ziegfeld as well as some of his own 
authored plays. Numbered among his Zieg- 
feld hits were "Three Musketeers," "Whoopee," 
"Rosalie," "Kid Boots," "Smiles," and "Show 
Girl," 'while others of his outstanding plays 
were "It's A Boy," "If I Were Rich," "Six Cyl- 
inder Love," and "12 Miles Out." Among his 
important film contributions are "Disorderly 
Conduct," "Roman Scandals," "Okay Amer- 
ica," "Kid from Spain," "Little Man, What 
Now?" and "The Great Ziegfeld." He bows 
as a film producer with "Rosalie," from his 




screenplay version of his original Ziegfeld 
musical. Stands 5, 9. Eyes, brown. Hair, 
graying. 

JOSEPH MANKIEWICZ 



Producer for 
Metro - Goldwyn 
Mayer. Native ofi 
Wilkes - Barre, Pa. 
and educated at, 
Columbia Univer- "d 
sity. Went to Ber- 
lin as assistant cor- 
respondent for the 
Chicago Tribune; 
and then to Ufa 
translating subtitles 
into English for re- 
lease in England 

and U. S. Returned to America in 1929 and 
went to Hollywood to join his brother, Her- 
man, on the writing staff at Paramount. Titled 
six pictures in eight w^eeks. Wrote dialogue 
and screenplays on many pictures. In 1935, 
with Oliver H. P. Garrett, won, the Academy 
award for best original of 1934 for writing 
"Manhattan Melodrama." Stands 5, 10. Hair, 
brown. Eyes, blue. 




MILTON H. FELD 



Associate pro- 
ducer for 20th Cen- 
tury-Fox. Originally 
in the jewelry and 
optical biz, made his 
film industry bow in 
1907 with a small 
nabe house as a 
sideline. Salesman 
for Vitagraph, 1912. 
Branch manager 
and district man- 
ager for Universal 
in Kansas City, Mo. 
Left distribution between 1912; associated with 
Frank L. Newman, as managing director of 
Newman, Royal Regent, and 12th Street Thea- 
ters, Kansas City, Mo. Sold to Paramount, 
1924, after which was managing director of 
Metropolitan, Million Dollar and Rialto Thea- 
ters in Los Angeles for Paramount. In 1925, 
in charge of Publix de luxe operations in 
United States. Resigned in December, 1932, to 
organize Monarch Theaters, Inc., with D. J. 
Chatkin and Harry Katz. Resigned presidency 
of Monarch Theaters, Inc., November, 1935, to 
enter motion picture production at 20th Century- 
Fox Film Corp. 




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MOE J. SIEGEL 



ROUBEN MAMOULIAN 




President of Re- 
public Picfues. Born 
in New York City 
and still some years 
from the 40 mark. 
Broke into the film 
industry when ho 
was just 19. First 
affiliation was with 
Selznick Pictures (in 
1920) in distribution I 
end. Remained with | 
Selznick until 1924; 
from 1924 to 1936, 

was vice-president of Consolidated Film In- 
dustries. Between 1931 and 1935 also presi- 
dent of American Record Company, a subsidi- 
ary of Consolidated. In 1935 sponsored for- 
mation of Republic Pictures and until Febu- 
ary, 1937, was vice-president of that company. 
Stepped up to presidency in March, 1937. Mar- 
ried and has two children. Hobbies: golf and 
baseball. 



GREGORY RATOFF 

Cinematic "triple- 1 
threat"; under con- 
tract to 20th Cen- 
tury-Fox as writer- 
director-actor. Born 
in Samara, Russia, 
and law graduate, 
of St. Petersburg 
University. Took his 
studies at the St. 
Petersburg Dramatic 
School more seri- 
ously than his legal 
work and made his 

debut at the Malay Theater in the Russian 
capital. When Russia entered the World War, 
entered the Army, served until the revolution. 
Played juvenile in a Harkoff stock company 
for two years. Left Russia in late 1919 for 
Germany, where he opened his own Russian 
Theater in Berlin, later touring Vienna, Buda- 
pest. London, Paris and other European capi- 
tals. Lee Shubert brought him to New York, 
where in 1922, he began a series of 32 plays. 
Appeared for the Shuberts in New York, Chi- 
cago and on tour. Has played many impor- 
tant film roles. At one time with Gaumont- 
British. While in London appeared in a B.I.P. 
film and produced, wrote, directed and played 
in "This Woman Is Mine," released through 
Paramount in the U. S. 





Producer - director. 
Native of Tiflis, Rus- 
sia, where he re- 
ceived his early ed- 
ucation. Then to 
Moscow, where he 
enrolled as a law 
student; working 
evenings at Studio 
Theater, branch of 
Moscow Art Thea- 
ter. After graduat- 
ing from Moscow 
University, turned to 

the stage, acting and directing a theater a! 
Tiflis. Later to London and directed a Rus- 
sian company. While staging "The Beating 
en the Door" at St. James Theater, London, 
was engaged by the late George Eastman to 
direct activities of Eastman Theater in Roches- 
ter. Came to U. S. in 1924 to fill that post; 
produced operas, operetta and dramas in 
Rochester. Joined Theater Guild in New York 
and staged "Porgy," "Wings Over Europe." 
"Marco Millions" and other plays. Signed by 
Paramount in 1929 to make sound features. 
In 1935, directed "Becky Sharp," first feature 
to be made in the new three-color Technicolor. 
Stands G'''2. Eyes, yellow brown. Hair, 
dark brown. 

GEORGE STEVENS 

Director. A real 
San Franciscan, 
with the blood of 
the '49ers — and 
troupers — cours- 
ing in his veins. 
Father was Landis 
Stevens, a 'Frisco 
matinee idol of yes- 
teryear; his mother. 
Georgie Cooper, 
a stage favorite of 
"before the fire." 
Made his own debut 
at the old Alcazar al Iha age of four, when he 
appeared in a Nance O'Neil production of 
"Sappho." On graduating from Sonoma High 
School in 1918, was stage manager and acted 
for his father in San Francisco. Went to Holly- 
wood in 1921 to act, found it crowded with 
actors and took a job as assistant cameraman 
at Metro. Since then he has done everything 
in motion pictures but act. For four years he 
was a cameraman at Hal Roach. Then he 
turned to writing and eventually to directing. 
Comedy, his forte. Pet aversion, triteness. 




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AND 



PRODUCERS 



THEIR PAST AND PRESENT 



THE 1937 FILM DAILY PRODUCT GUIDE AND DIRECTORS' ANNUAL 

193 



EARL FELTON 


Writing for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 


Screen Plays 


"BAD MAN"=== 


"HALFWAY HOUSE" 

(Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) 


"THE CAMPUS MYSTERY" Columbia 

Original Story and Screen Play 


'''In Collaboration. Management 

Small-Landau 



ALBERT E. LEVOY 

Producer 

1936* "FOLLOW YOUR HEART" 

"SITTING ON THE MOON" 
"PRESIDENTS MYSTERY" 
"BOLD CABALLERO" 
"HAPPY GO LUCKY" 
"JOIN THE MARINES" 

1937- "TWO WISE MAIDS" 

"JIM HANVEY— DETECTIVE" 
"RHYTHM IN THE CLOUDS" 

In Preparation: "poRtia on trial" 

^ "MEET THE DUCHESS" 

"THE LADY MISBEHAVES" 

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BIOGRAPHIES 

of 
DIRECTORS— PRODUCERS 



• • • THE PAST ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND PRESENT ACTIVITIES 
OF PRODUCERS AND DIRECTORS 



ALLEN, E. H. 

b. Philadelphia, March IS; 1908, employed by 
the late Thomas Ince as assistant director ; as- 
sistant manager of Inceville ; general manager 
for William S. Hart of Famous Players Unit 
1921; joined Educational, where he has remained 
ever since as chief executive and general 
manager. 

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ARCHAINBAUD, GEORGE 

b. Paris. France, May 8, 1890; educ, France; 
Spec, engineering, B. S. degree; previous career, 
assistant business mgr., Eclair Film Co., Paris 
and N. Y. ; on stage in Paris ; entered pic- 
tures 1910; directed first pictures under William 
A. Brady; later with World-Peerless, Selznick, 
Fox, Universal, First National ; in 1928-29 with 
Tiffany-Stahl and in 1929 joined Columbia; 
with RKO in 1930-1934; with Fox in 1935; now 
with Paramount ; member Academy of M. P. 
Arts and Sciences, Los Angeles Tennis Club ; 
Sports ; tennis, golf. 

ARTHUR, GEORGE 

b. New York City; educ. Polytechnic Prep School 
at Brooklyn; entered the film industry in 1915, 
in the cutting department with Vitagraph; 
studied in the laboratory, learned the camera 
angles and developed his natural judgment of 
dramatic and comedy values; 1916, came to 
the Coast in the cutting department for Uni- 
versal; later left for the east again under the 
Selznick banner; for a time tried independent 
production in New York with Associated Ex- 
hibitors, but the venture failed; then came back 
to the west coast with F.B.O. about 1925 and 
became superintendent of the Ralph Ince pro- 
ductions, in which position he remained until 
RKO took over the F.B.O. organization when 
he joined the Paramount organization; was pro- 
moted to the head of the cutting department; 
and later promoted to Associate Producer. 

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ARZNER, DOROTHY 

b. San Francisco ; educ. Westlake School for 
girls and Univ. of So. Calif. ; enlisted as am- 
bulance driver in women's volunteer corps dur- 
ing World War ; served as studio girl, script 
girl, with William de Mille; film cutter, 
scenarist and director ; first directed Esther 
Ralston in "Fashions for Women," 1926; with 
Paramount in 1927-32; directed "Nana" for 
Samuel C7oldwyn ; was with Columbia ; member 
Academy of M. P. Arts and Sciences; now with 
M G M.' 

ASHER, E. M. 

b. Susanville, Calif, in 1890; educ. in San Fran- 
cisco; associated with the department store and 
ranching business in Susanville; entered pic- 
tures in 1920, operating First National Ex- 
change in San Francisco; managed chain of 
theaters for Turner and Dahnken in San Fran- 



cisco; joined Mack Sennett, with whom he was 
associated for five years; organized production 
company with Edward Small and Charles Rog- 
ers; produced 12 Corinne Griffith Productions, 
13 AU-Star Productions; produced series for 
First National; joined Universal in 1931, pro- 
ducing with John Stahl ; still with Universal. 

ASQUITH, ANTHONY 

b. London, 1902; educ. Winchester, Balliol Col- 
lege, Oxford; joined British Instructional Films 
in 1926; in 1932, joined Gainborough; also di- 
rected for B.I.P. ; in 1936, directed for London 
Films. 

ATKINS, TOMMY 

b. Springfield, Mass. ; attended Springfield gram- 
mar and high school ; Dean Academy, Franklin, 
Mass. ; graduated from Tufts college vyith de- 
gree in civil engineering ; joined the Marines and 
came out with a commission ; is a captain in the 
Marine Reserves ; entered picture business, 
sweeping floors at the Selznick studio, Fort Lee, 
N. J.; later became assistant director at the 
studio ; six years later he and George M. Arthur, 
organized St. Regis Pictures Corp. ; 1927, after 
his company had had financial difficulties, came 
to Hollywood and became assistant to Ralph 
Ince at FBO; later became a unit manager at 
RKO ; directed for RKO ; was with Pioneer Pic- 
tures; now free-lancing. 

AUER, JOHN H. 

b. Aug. 3, 1906, Budapest, Hungary; e. Bude- 
pcst and Commercial Academy of Vienna; entered 
pictures in 1918 as a child actor while study- 
ing; after graduation at the age of 19 was 
elected as a member (then the youngest in the 
world) of the stock exchange of Budapest; 
after two years reentered pictures in Berlin; 
following this came to Hollywood and joined 
Universal as an assistant director gradually 
advancing to direct foreign versions; after two 
years was signed by Paramount to direct and 
produce (age then 23); in 1932 did not renew 
with Paramount as he had an engagement to §o 
to Mexico where he directed five pictures, his 
first one winning a $1,000 prize from the 
Mexican government for the best picture ever 
made in Mexico ; now with Republic. 

▼ ▼ 
AUERBACH, GEORGE 

b. New York, Nov. 17, 1905; one of the found- 
ers, with Richard Boleslawski, of American Lab- 
oratory Theater; at 21 a co-director; started 
picture work with M-G-M in 1932; writer and 
assistant to Paul Bern and Larry Weingarten; 
now associate producer with B. P. Schulberg. 

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AUSTIN, HAROLD 
b. June 22, 1895, Connecticut; educ. Worcester, 
Mass.; spent one year and half directing, ex- 
ploring, talking pictures; traveled through Kenya 
Colony, Unganda, West Nile Province, Belgian 



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Congo, India, French Congo, Cameroons, Nigeria, 
Gold Coast, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Canary Islands; 
first person to make adventure picture in the 
gulf of lower California dealing with Sea life 
in those waters ; entered British merchant Marine 
1914-15; 1918 — American Navy, United States 
and Canada — England and the Continent— Across 
Africa by automobile for first time in history — 
Mexico, etc. ; now free-lancing. 

T T 

AYRES, LEW 

b. Minneapolis, Dec. 28, 1908 ; educ. : public 
schools of Minneapolis and San Diego, Calif. ; 
became musician and played in various bands 
and orchestras, touring country ; broke into pic- 
tures with Pathe stock company ; first big break 
as juvenile, romantic lead opposite Greta Garbo 
in "The Kiss" ; turned director in 1936 with 
"Hearts in Bondage," produced by Republic ; same 
year obtained release from Cnlumbia contract 
and freelanced as director and actor ; hobbies : 
astronomy and producing feature length 16 mm. 
home movies. 



BACON, LLOYD 

b. 1890. San Jose, Cal. ; graduated from Santa 
Clara College ; first experience on stage in 
"Salome," by Oscar Wilde; leads with reper- 
toire show in Kansas City and one season in 
vaudeville ; in Belasco Stock company in Los 
Angeles in 1911 with Lewis Stone as leading 
man; played in New York production of Oliver 
Morosco's "Cinderella Man" ; started in pic- 
tures working in Lloyd Hamilton comedy, as 
heavy; in 1918 went with Chaplin to Mutual 
as actor; joined Triangle Comedies in 1919; 
saw service in the Navy during the war ; in 



1921 became associated with Lloyd Hamilton 
as director and later went with Sennett; after 
three two-reelers with Universal, was signed by 
Warners ; outstanding production was Al Jol- 
son's "Singing Fool," for Warners, continuing 
with same company in 1929-31-31-32-33-34; still 
under contract to Warners ; directed "42nd 
Street," voted one of the "Ten Best Pictures of 
1933," in the Annual "Film Daily" poll; hobby: 
any form of athletics, specializing in baseball, 
football, squash and golf ; selected one of ten 
best directors of 1928-29 in Annual "Film Daily" 
poll. 

T T 

BADGER, CLARENCE G. 
b. June 8, 1880, San Francisco; educ. Boston 
Polytechnic Institute; artist, newspaper work 
on Pacific Coast papers and "Youths Com- 
panion" ; entered pictures with Wilbert Mel- 
ville Lubin Co. as scenarist ; wrote scenarios 
for Lubin, Universal, Keystone ; first directed 
for Keystone, 1915, then Goldwyn, where he 
made Will Rogers' series ; First National, 
Metro, Famous Players, Paramount ; made first 
three-reeler Sennett produced, switched again, 
in April, 1929, to First National ; now directing 
in Australia. 



BALDWIN, EARL 

b. Jan. 11, 1903, Newark, N. J.; educ. in New- 
ark and West Orange; attended American In- 
stitute of Banking, New York City; at age 
of 17 ran away to join a circus, but remained 
with traveling show only a week, as he was 
found by his parents; that week gave him the 
show "bug" and he produced and wrote ama- 
teur shows in school; got a job in a chorus 



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BIOGRAPHIES 



from Ned Wayburn, but his parents made him 
tear up the contract; quit 23 different jobs in 
one year; was an office boy for Thomas A. Edi 
son; wrote and staged a show in a Maine boys 
camp; became a reader in M-G-M's home office; 
was sent to the Coast as a reader at M-G-M's 
studio; wrote "Ain't Aggie Awful," a Inirles- 
Que show at the Burbank, Los Angeles; Harry 
Rapf Ijought out the house and had a "Back to 
Main Street" party, attended by Lon Chaney, 
Bob Leonard and many others who had playeil 
on Main Street, Los Angeles; Rapf liked the 
show and made Baldwin a gag m^n and title 
writer; Baldwin worked with Joseph W. Farn 
ham, veteran title writer; wrote 36 tab shows 
for Dalton Bros., operators of the Burbank; 
wrote screenplay for "Brotherly Love," a silenl, 
at M-G-M; first talker screenplay, "Sophomore," 
for Pathe, in collaboration with Walter DeLeon; 
joined Warner Bros, in 1930 and wrote 63 
screenplays, including "Wonder Bar," "The 
Irish In Us," "Here Comes the Navy," "Devil 
Dogs of the Air," "Havana Widows," "Doctor 
X,' "Go Into Your Dance," "The Widow from 
Chicago," "Six Day Bike Race," "The Naughty 
Flirt," "The Mouthpiece," "Madison Square 
Garden," "Life Begins," "Wild Boys of the 
Road," "The Honorable Guy," "The Big Shot," 
"The Tip-OfF," "Blondy Johnson"; produced 
"Miss Pacific Fleet"; is associate producer on 
"Gold Diggers of 1937"; his producing assign 
ments include "Ever Since Eve," "Mister Mel- 
ody," "Men Are Such Fools," "Slight Case of 
Murder." 



BARSKY, BUD 



b. Russia, 1891; came to U. S. at age nf two; 
educ. Western Canadian schools, N'. Y. high 
schools, University of California ; at age of 16 
entered pictures with Nestor Films in Bayonne, 
N. J.; joined Universal exchange at Calgary; 
publicity director for Associated Film Sales Corp. ; 
General Manager for Gotham Pictures; 1912, 
went to San Antonio and produced "The Siege 
and Fall of the Alamo" ; formed series of ex- 
changes in Middle West and produced own pic- 
tures in Hollywood until the war broke out ; sold 
his exchanges and went to war in the Flying Ser- 
vice ; after war, reopened his exchanges and or- 
ganized Bud Barsky Productions which he oper- 
ated until 1927; produced Tim McCny series for 
M-G-M; 1930 went to Columbia; later returned 
to M-G-M ; formed his own independent produc- 
ing company which he operated until 1936; then 
joined Warner Bros, as a producer; now pro- 
ducing for Grand National. 



BARTON, CHARLES 

b. Northern Calif., May 25, 1902; educ. high 
school, Oakland, Calif.; oy stage as a comedian 
in road shows, stock companies and vaudeville, 
then appeared on screen in two-reel comedies; 
became prop boy for James Cruze, then Wil- 
liam Wellman; appointed assistant director with 
William Wellman company ; alter several years as 
an assistant, was appointed director by Para- 
mount ; still with that company. 



BANKS, MONTY 



b. Italy, 1897 ; attended University Bolognia 
Italy for two years studying Doctor of Arts; 
came to New York City in 1914; did eccentric 
dancing; joined Keystone in 1915 as an actor; 
in 1920 together with Jack L. Warner, organ- 
ized Monty Banks comedies; in 1922 produced 
and starred in his first feature length comedy 
"Racing Luck" ; made nine feature comedies and 
had his own producing company ; went to Eng- 
land and joined British International Pictures as 
producer, director and star; in 1935 joined 20th 
Century-Fox as a producer and director. 



BARKER, REGINALD 

b. 1889, Bothwell, Scotland; to California at 
ten ; educ. Los Angeles ; played small stock parts 
at Burbank, 1901, later lead in traveling com- 
pany; at 16, managed own stock company, Kan- 
sas City; wrote, produced and acted in a play. 
1902; actor and assistant manager with Walker 
Whiteside, Los Angeles, and Henry Miller, New 
York, 1905-1907; began screen work as short 
subject director in 1913 with Ince, then Triangle, 
Paralta, Goldwyn, Universal, Fox, Metro, M- 
G-M, Tiflfany-Stahl; with First National in 
1929; free-lancing in 1930-31-32-33; leans toward 
outdoor stories ; hobbies : motion pictures ; mem- 
ber of Academy of M. P. Arts and Sciences ; 
was with Republic ; now free-lancing. 



BARSHA, LEON M. 

b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 26. 1905; married; 
p. Esther and Samuel Barsha ; educ. high school ; 
tried unsuccessfully chicken raising, selling sten- 
ographic work; started Jan. 1924, as office boy 
at L^niversal ; one month later advanced to as- 
sistant cutter ; two years later to cutter ; left 
Universal six months later and worked at Tif- 
fany-Stahl as assistant cutter for year and half; 
started at Columbia as film librarian seven years 
ago; Nov. 1936, became director; now with 
Columbia. 



BATCHELLER, GEORGE R. 

b. Providence, R. I., Jan. 19; educ. Worcester 
Academy, Dartmouth College ; several years in 
theatrical and motion picture industry ; Chester- 
field Pictures in 1925 ; distributing and producing 
in independent market ever since; divides his time 
equally between East and West Coast; president 
of Chesterfield Motion Picture Corp. 

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BEAUDINE, WILLIAM 

b. 1893, New York City; educ. New York; 
screen experience, first at Biograph, N. Y.. 
1909; directed for Biograph, Kalem, Universal, 
Triangle, Christie, Goldwyn, Fox, First Na- 
tional, Unitel Artists, Warners, Mary Pickford, 
Famous, M-G-M, First National, Universal; 
with Fox in 1928-29'; joined First National, 
in 1929. for a second time; free-lancing in 
1930-31-32-33; member Academy of M. P. Arts 
and Sciences; hobbies: hunting, fishing, golf; 
now directing in England. 

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BEAUMONT. HARRY 

b. 1891, Abilene, Kans. ; educ. St. Joseph, 
Mo. ; acted in stock nine years ; entered films 
with Edison Co., where he played in pictures 
for seven years ; director for Essanay, Selig, 
Goldwyn, Metro, Warner Bros., Fox., M-G-M, 
continuing with M-G-M in 1928-29; directed 
the "Broadway .Melody ' ; was under contract to 
M-G-M ; was with Universal and David L. 
Loevv Productions; now free-lancing; hobbies: 
hunting, fishing, writing. 



BECHE, BOB 

b. New York City ; educ. New York City and 
Philadelphia; first occupation news and com- 
mercial cameraman ; started in picture business 
in property department, Hal Roach Studios in 
1925; Ijecame successively assistant cameraman, 
script clerk, gag writer, assistant director and 
supervisor; under contract to Republic as pro- 
duction supervisor on the "Three Mesquiteers" 
series of westerns ; hobbies : hunting, fishing and 
fencing. 



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BEEBE, FORD I. 

b. Grand Rapids, Mich., Nov. 26, 1888; m. 
Kitty Delevanti; ediic. Albuquerque, N. M., and 
Chicago ; wrote for Pathe, First National, Uni- 
versal, Tec-Art and Tiffany ; worked on the Mo- 
tion Picture News; became affiliated with Mascot 
as writer, loing originals, continuity and dialogue, 
also directing; 1933, directed and wrote for 
Mascot; 1934, wrote and directed for Columbia; 

1935, wrote for Columbia, Puritan and Republic; 

1936, directed and wrote for Columbia ; now di- 
recting for Universal. 

BELL, MONTA 

1). Washington, D. C, Feb. .S, ISvl ; educ. 
Washington schools ; worked for Washington 
Post ; went with a stock company in Washing- 
ton ; had own stock company in Washington 
called Garrick Players; went to Washington 
Herald as editor and publisher; became editor 
of McCIure newspaper syndicate in New York; 
1921-1923. was ghost writer on Charley Chaplin's 
bnok "My Trip Abroad" ; came to Hollywood 
with Chaplin and co-authored for him; became 
a director at Warner's; with Metro and Para- 
mount; 1928-1931; free-lancing until 1933 
Metro from 1933 to 1935; producer and director^ 
was with London Films; now with Columbia. 
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BENNET, SPENCER GORDON 

Arctic traveler, Hudson Bav explorer; crack 
sculler of Sheepshead Bay Rowing Club, N. Y. ; 
served in Wf)rld War; in films, played stun/ 
and thrill parts; associated with George B. 
Seitz as co-director of Pathe serials for many 
years, until late in 1928, when he made serials 
independently for Pathe; then, in 1929, fea- 
tures for same company in the East ; made fea- 



ture for Sono Art ; was producing and direct- 
ing Nick Harris detective stories ; directed serials 
for RKO Pathe; directed for Larry Darmour. 



BERGER, DR. LUDWIG 

b. Mainz, Germany; educ. Munich and Heidel- 
berg; stage career, Opera House, Hamburg, and 
Max Reinhardt, at German Theater, Berlin ; 
staged Shakespearean plays at Reinhardt thea- 
ters; also staged modern pieces; joined L^fa films, 
Berlin, and became director, making "W^altz 
Dream" and others; came to U. S. in 1925 to 
study production methods ; returned to Germany 
and Pho_-bus Films; back to U. S. in 1927 and 
signed one-year contract with Paramount ; in 
1928, returned to Be-«:in and made one leature 
for Ufa; returned to Hollywood in 1929; was 
under contract to Paramount ; now free-lancing 
in Europe. 

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BERKE, WILLIAM 

b. Milwaukee, Oct. 3, 1903; educ. Los Angeles 
Polytechnic High School, 1920; student em- 
ployee, Los Angeles Evening Herald, during 
high school years; started as office boy RKO 
Century Comedies (Stern Bros.) ; became assist- 
ant cameraman, then cameraman with same 
company; first official writer on lot; returned to 
photography; photographed for numerou.s in- 
dependents; cameraman at Fox, PatJie, Para- 
mount and F.B.O.; cataracts on eyes stopped 
photographic career and he became assistant 
to C. C. Burr, producing "Torchy Series" 
comedies for Educational ; free-lance writer ; pro- 
duced independently ; now producing for Mono- 
gram. 



EWING SCOTT 

WRITER— DIRECTOR 
STORY— DIRECTION 

GEORGE O'BRIEN 

Series for 

RKO RELEASE 
"PARK AVENUE LOGGER" 
"HOLLYWOOD COWBOY" 

"WINDJAMMER" 

Preparing 

STUART ERWIN FEATURE 
"FACE THE FACTS" 

for Grand National 
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BERKELEY. BUSBY 

b. Los Angeles, Calif., Nov. 29. 1895; educ. 6 
years preparatotry military academy, Mohegan 
Lake, N. Y. ; spent 10 years on the New York 
stage as actor, director, producer; came to Hol- 
lywood in 1930 for the Samuel Goldwyn Pro- 
ductions, was creator and director of musical 
numbers in pictures for Sam Goldwyn; M-G-M ; 
Universal; RKO ; Warners; under contract to 
Warner Rros. as director for both dramatic 
and musical pictures. 

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BERMAN, PANDRO 

b. Pittsburgh, March 28, 1905 ; educ. public 
school in Pittsburgh and at Gotham's DeWitt 
Clinton High School; at 32, he is one of mo- 
tion pictures' youngest among the high execu- 
tives ; from his start as assistant director at 
FBO, he soon turned to the editing end and 
became a film editor ; graduated as head of the 
film cutting department ; chosen as assistant to 
William LeBaron. subsequently filling the same 
position for David O. Selznick ; later became 
a producer; under contract to RKO. 



BERNE, JOSEF 

b. 1904. Kiev. Russia; married to Sylvia Cherry, 
dancer; child pianist prodigy; vaudeville and con- 
cert appearances ; actor in Blaney Stock Com- 
pany ; neighborhood Playhouse, New York ; re- 
turned to vaudeville for number of years; drama 
critic for a Hollywood trade paper for three 
years ; directed Little Theater productions in- 
cluding "The Lower Depths" by Maxim Gorky, 
done in Hollywood; wrote and directed "Destiny" 
and "Dawn to Dawn" ; wrote "The Golem" 
was with Universal and M-G-M; now with Can- 
tabria Films. 

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BERNHEIM, JULIUS 

b. Laupheim. Germany. October 29 ; educ. pub- 
lic schools in Laupheim. came to Chicago, at- 
tended Wendell Phillips High School; 1909. upon 
graduation, entered Laemmle Film Exchange, 
Chicago, as ofifice boy. later a booker; 1911. 
went to New York City, progressing through 
Laemmle film laboratories until promoted to 
film editor; 1913. transferred to Minneapolis ex- 
change, where he became manager ; later served 
in Omaha and Kansas City exchanges; 1922 came 
to Universal City, his first job being sec- 
ond assistant director; served under Irving Thal- 
berg as unit business manager in 1923 ; was gen- 
eral manager of studio in 1924-25; made asso- 
ciate producer in 1925 ; produced German ver- 
sions in Germany and English versions at Uni- 
versal City alternately ; resigned from Universal 
in 1936; hobby; making motion pictures; recrea- 
tion ; tennis. 

BIBERMAN, HERBERT 

b. March 4. 1900, Philadelphia; educ. University 
of Pennsylvania and Yale University ; director 
at the Theater Guild for three years; married to 
Gale Sondergaard ; came to Hollywood in 1935, 
for Columbia as a director ; now free-lancing. 

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BISCHOFF, SAMUEL 

b. Hartford. Conn., Aug. 11, 1890; educ. Hart- 
ford High School and Boston University; pro- 
duced 36 comedies in 1923-24 for Grand Asher; 
36 comedies in 1924-25 for Bischofif, Inc.; six 
features in 1926 for Bischoff Productions; four 
features in 1927 for Gotham Prods.; 1928. be- 
came production manager for Columbia; August, 
1931, assumed Tiffany position: formed KBS 
Productions. Inc.. with Burt Kelly and Wm. 
Saal in June. 1932; company name changed in 
1933 to Admiral Productions; directed for Tif- 
fany; joined Warner Bros, in 1933 as a pro- 
ducer, which position he still holds. 



BLAKE, B. K. 



b. Sept. 24, 1893; started in film business as 
exhibitor in Harlem in 1912; entered the pro- 
duction department of the Imp Co., later known 
as Universal Film Co. ; was production manager, 
supervisor and director until 1920 at the Eastern 
Studios; instrumental in forming the first large 
industrial department for Universal ; later formed 
Stanley Advertising Co. with A. Pam Blumen- 
thal and the late Jules Mastbaum where he pro- 
duced 200 industrial and educational films; pro- 
duced IS spon.sored reels when company was 
taken over by Warner Bros. ; has had own pro- 
ducing company in the commercial and theatrical 
field for the past six years; produced and di- 
rected two series of shorts for Columbia, "Voice 
of Experience" and "Court of Human Rela- 
tions" ; now producing and directing series of 
musical featurettes for Columbia. 



BLANKE, HENRY 



h. Berlm. Dec. 30. 1901; graduated from the 
Oberrealschule, Berlin; 1919-20 with LTfa • 19^0- 
22, Ufa-Lubitsch ; 1922-26, with Ernst Lubitsch 
on Mary Pickford, Warner Bros, and Para- 
mount pictures as personal assistant; 1926-27, 
with Ufa as business and production manager; 
1927-28, Warner Bros.. Hollywood; 1928-30, 
production head of Warner Bros. German pro- 
ductions in Berlin; 1930-31, head of foreign pro- 
duction of Warner Bros. Burbank studios; 1931 
on, supervising American productions for War- 
ner Bros. 

BLOCK. RALPH ^ ^ 

Educ. LTniversity of Michigan 1911; editorial 
staffs "Kansas City Star." "Louisville Courier 
Journal," "Detroit News," "New York Sun"; 
dramatic critic "New York Tribune" 1917* 
Washington correspondent, 1918; director of ad- 
vertising Goldwyn Pictures Corp. 1919; asso- 
ciate editor 1920-21 ; with Paramount as story 
editor and producer to 1927; Pathe, associate 
producer to 1929; Fox. associate producer 1930; 
producer for Columbia 1931; writing since for 
Metro. Radio, Warners, Reliance and Paramount. 
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BLYSTONE, JOHN G. 

b. 1892, Rice Lake, Wis.; educ; University 
of Wisconsin ; started rushing props with 
comedy companies, before joining Fox, where 
he directed first and with the same company 
for 17 years; now free-lancing. 



BORZAGE, FRANK 

b. 1893. Salt Lake City; educ. Salt Lake City; 
stage career started when 13 years old; at- 
tended dramatic school in Salt Lake, but failed 
afterwards and made second successful attempt 
year later; played bits in stock and repertoire, 
eventually stock leads, which brought him to 
Hollywood; at 19, played leads with Ince; 
turned to direction after two parts; directed for 
Mutual, Universal, Lubin, American, Lasky, 
Fred Stone. Cosmopolitan. F. B. O.. Paramount, 
Fox. continuing with company in 1928-29; di- 
rected "Humoresque" and several Norma Tal- 
madge pictures; had his own unit with Fox; 
directed "Seventh Heaven." selected one of the 
ten best pictures of 1927 in "The Film Daily" 
Annual Poll ; selected one of ten best directors 
of 1927-28 and 1928-29 in "The Film Daily 
Annual Ballots; made "Street Angel." selected 
one of the Ten Best Pictures of 1928. in "Film 
Daily" Annual Poll ; was under contract to 
Fox; now with M-G-M; 1934-35 directed 
for Universal and Warner Bros. ; directed "A 
Farewell to Arms," voted one of the Ten Best 
Pictures of 1933 in "The Film Daily" poll; 
member Academy of M. P. Arts and Sciences, 



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Hollywood A. C. ; hobbies: sports, especially 
squash. 

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BOTSFORD, A. M. 

b. Rockford, 111.; educ. Williams College (A.B.), 
specializing in English; was City editor of the 
Quincy, 111. Herald; reporter on the New York 
World; joined Paramount in July, 1917, as 
publicity writer ; advertising manager, 1920- 
1925; then became advertising manager of Pub- 
lix Theaters; 1931 became head of story de- 
partment in New York; appointed assistant to 
Emanuel Cohen in 1933j appointed assistant to 
Henry Herzbrun in February, 1934; now pro- 
ducing at Paramount. 

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BRADBURY, ROBERT N. 

Writer and director for Sono Art-World Wide. 
Monogram and Republic; now writing and di- 
recting for Supreme. 

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BRABIN, CHARLES 

b. 1883, Liverpool, Eng. ; educ, College St. 
I'^rancis Xavier, England ; stage career in 
America for short period ; debut in pictures 
under Edison, 1908 ; made first serial produced ; 
married Theda Bara, whom he directed in sev- 
eral features ; worked for Vitagraph, Essanay, 
Metro, Fox, Universal, G'oldwyn, Universal 
(second engagement), First National and 
M-G-M in 1928-29; now free-lancing. 
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BRAHM, JOHN 

b. Hamburg. Germany, Aug. 17, 1893; studied 
architecture; at 17 became an actor; acted until 
1915 when he entered the German army in the 
World War ; following the war he returned to 



acting for a year ; became a stage director in 
Berlin; directed plays in Vienna for 10 years, 
six of which were with the Burg theater, gov- 
ernment-subsidized; was dialogue director and 
supervisor in London ; later directed ; now under 
contract to Columbia. 

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BRENON, HERBERT 

b. 1880, Dublin, Ireland; educ. St. Paul's and 
King's College, London; 15 years in legit field 
as actor, director; first film connection with 
Imp., then Fox, Selznick, First National, Para- 
mount; his own unit with Paramount, making 
"Beau Geste," which won "Photoplay" Medal 
Award in 1926 and was selected one of ten 
i)est in "Film Daily" Annual Ballot; terminated 
long connection with Paramount in 1927 to 
make "Sorrel and Son" in London independent- 
ly, releasing through United Artists; joned U. 
A. early in 1928; selected one of ten best di- 
rectors in 1926 and also in 1927, 1928, 1930, 
in "The Film Daily" Directors' Ballot; directed 
"Sorrel and Son," selected one of the Ten Best 
Pictures of 1928 in "Film Daily" Poll; continued 
with United Artists to early 1929, when he 
switched to RKO, on a "borrowed" arrange- 
ment, for one picture; now free-lancing in 
England. 

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BRETHERTON. HOWARD 
b. Tacoma, Wash., educ. Stanford University, 
Cal. ; migrated to New York ; sold explosives ; 
extra-ed with Harold Lloyd in 1914, a "prop" 
man with Al Christie, followed by assistant 
cameraman's job and assistant director for four 
years with Christie, cutter for Universal ; left 
Hollywood 1920 for New York, joining Selz- 




BIOGRAPHIES 



nick ; to Rome as cutter and assistant director ; 
arrived in Hollywood 1924, joined Warners as 
cutter, elevated to d'rectorsliip ; has cut 2UU 
features ; cuts all liis own films ; lengthy connec- 
tion with Warners, continuing with same com- 
pany in 1928-29 ; Paramount N. Y. Studios, 
1930; 1935; directed for Panmiount lelease ; now 
directing for Sol Lesser. 



BRICE, MONTE 



b. N. Y. C. ; educ. Columbia; writer of vaude- 
ville acts and stage plays; stage director; en- 
tered pictures as constructor of comedy scenes ; 
worked for Fox, F. B. O., Warners, Universal; 
serials for Pathe; scenarist with Para. 1923-27; 
directed "Casey at the Bat," Para. 1927; 
1927-28 scenario work with Para.; comedy 
shorts for Pathe in 1929; directed shorts for 
Para, and RKO in 1929-30; 1932 joined Wil- 
liam Rowland and Monty Brice Prods.; pro- 
ducing and directing Nick Kenny "Radio 
Thrills", "Down Memory Lane" series for Uni 
versal release, co-produced for Universal and 
Paramount in the East ; now with Universal on 
the Coast. t t 

BRISKIN. IRVING 

b. Feb. 28. 19U3; educ. high school and busi- 
ness college ; started in picture business in 1923 ; 
general manager for Banner Productions. Ster- 
mg Productions and then Chesterfield ; joined 
Columbia as associate producer. 

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BRISKIN, SAMUEL J. 

b. Russia. Feb. 8, 1896; educ. grade and high 
schools, New Yoik City. College of the City of 
New York; five years with C.B.S. ; two years 
with Banner Productions; joined Colurnbia Pic- 
tures as a producer ; now vice-president in charge 
of production at RKO Radio. 

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BROCK, LOU 

h. Kalamazoo, Mich., 1892 ; educ. Technical 
High, Buffalo. N. Y. ; at ageof 10 took tickets 
at penny arcade owned by his father in Mem- 
phis; 1905, worked for his father at first picture 
theater in Denver; 1910, started working as a 
cameraman and assistant director for Kinemacolor 
Co. ; was an assistant to Henry Lehrman, com- 
edy director ; became a theater manager for 
Mark-Brock Theatrical Enterprises; 1914 to 
1927, engaged in foreign distribution of Ameri- 
can pictures ; handled Fox, Triangle and World 
pictures ; sales manager for Inter-Ocean Co. ; 
became foreign manager for Lewis J. Selznick ; 
1921, became special representative for Joseph M. 
Schenck ; 1922-1926. foreign sales manager fir 
First National; 1926-27, South American rep- 
resentative for M-G-M; 1928, supervising editor 
for F. B. O. ;made 14 talking comedies for 
RKO release; joined RKO as comedy producer; 
made 32 comedies in 1930 and 1931 ; was active- 
ly engaged in production while abroad; 1934, 
produced features for RKO ; now producing for 
Universal. 

B ROWER, OTTO 
b. Grand Rapids, Mich., 1895 ; educ. Grand 
Rapids ; acted in support of Robert Mantell in 
Shakespearean repertoire ; then with stock com- 
panies ; entered pictures as an actor in support 
of Wallace Reid in Paramount productions ; 
switched to assisting, under Irvin Willat ; started 
diiecting in 1928 for Paramount, with "Ava- 
lanche" as his first picture; was with RKO; 
now under cuntract to 20tli Century. 
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BROWN, CLARENCE 

b. May 10. 1890, Knoxville, Tenn. ; educ. Uni- 
versity of Tennessee; graduated with B. S. E. E. 
and B. S. M. E. ; with engineering dept. 
Moline Auto Co., Moline, 111.; engineering and 
sales dept. Stevens-Duryea Co., Chicopee Falls, 
Mass. ; owned Brown Motor Car Co., Birming- 



ham, Ala. ; screen career, assistant director with 
Maurice Tourneur ; six years with Tourneur, 
then directed for United Artists, Universal, Pre- 
ferred, First National; M-G-M, 1926-27-28-29- 
30-31-32; made "The Trail of '98"; selected 
one of the ten best directors of 1927 in "The 
Film Daily" Annual Ballot ; member Academy 
of M. P. Arts and Sciences ; selected one of 
ten best directors of 1928-29 and 1929-30 in 
Annual "Film Daily" polis ; directed "Anna 
Karenina," one ol the "Film Daily" Ten Best 
Pictures of 1935; under contract to M-G-M. 

BROWN, HARRY JOE 

Educ. University of Syracuse, L.L.B. degree; 
directed college plays during summer vacations ; 
stage career following schooling ; acted, "prop" 
man and stage director ; entered pictures about 
1920 ; served in all branches ; formed his own 
unit, making Fred Thomson's for F.B.O. ; Ray- 
art and Fnst National ; associated producer, 
supervisor and director of Maynard with First 
National and Reed Howes short reel aviation 
series for Educational ; directed Rogers Produc- 
tions for RKO, was associate producer RKO- 
Pathe; was directing and supervising Chas. R. 
Rogers' productions for Paramount release ; 
was with Warners; now with 20th Century-Fox; 
member Masi|uers. Hollywood. Lambs Club, 
N. Y. 

BROWN, KARL 

h. Dec. 26, 1896, McKeesport, Pa.; educ. pub- 
lic schools all over the country while traveling 
with parents, William and Lucille Brown, who 
toured with light-opera companies; entered pic- 
tures with Kinemacolor Company of New York 
in 1912, came to Hollywood with that company 
in that year; with Selig as still man; then with 
D. W. Griffith in 1914 as assistant cameraman; 
with GriflSth till 1918; in Army till 1919; re- 
turned to Jesse Lasky's company as head cam- 
eraman; with Lasky till 1927; directed for 
Cecil B. deMille; did originals and screenplay 
and free-lance direction from 1927 to 1936; 
directed for Zeldman; now free-lancing. 

BROWN, MELVILLE 

b. Portland, Ore. ; commenced acting in legit 
field in 1909, playing until 1916; entered films 
in 1917 as writer on features; directed shorts 
in 1919 for Warners, then for Fox, Sennett, 
Roach, Universal until 1923 when he returned 
to feature writing until 1926; in 1926 resumed 
direction, working on features for Universal 
under long term contract, switching later to 
Pathe, and in 1929, with Paramount; with 
Radio Pictures in 1930-31 ; with Monogram in 
1934 ; now free-lancing. 

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BROWN, ROWLAND 

b. Akron, O., in 1900 ; educ. University School, 
Cleveland, University of Detroit, Detroit 
School of Fine Arts, Yale ; was fashion illus- 
trator and sport cartoonist ; was a gag man for 
Reginald Denny's unit at Universal ; wrote for 
Fox, Warner Bros. ; wrote "The Doorway to 
Hell" ; wrote "Pay Day" and "The Last Sup- 
per," stage plays, and several one-act plays ; 
directed "Quick Millions" ; was under contract 
to RKO and Twentieth Century Pictures; wa.- 
with M-G-M : now free lancing. 

BROWNING, TOD 

b. July 12, 1882 ; Louisville, Ky. ; educ. Louis- 
ville public schools; played vaudeville at 16; 
played contortionist act; black-face actor in 
burlesque; toured world with "Lizzard and 
Coon" Co., "Mutt and Jeflf," "The Whirl of 
Mirth," etc.; carnival manager, stage producer; 
screen career, 1919, slapstick actor with Grif- 
fith, Biograph N. Y. studio; year later directed 



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for Fine Arts, afterwards with G'oldwyn, Majes- 
tic, Metro, Universal, for five years ; directed 
25 Majestic two-reelers; joined M-G-M, direct- 
ing Lon Chaney, and others in 1928-29 ; later 
with Universal; rejoined M-G-M in 1931; under 
contract to M-G-M ; wrote many scenarios and 
originals ; hobby : outdoor sports ; member Acad- 
emy of M. P. Arts and Sciences. 
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BRUCE, ROBERT C. 

1). Stowe, Vt. ; educ. Univ. of Iowa, Univ. of 
Minn.; screen career started when he became 
interested in development of nature films ; first 
made "When the Mountains Call," three-reeler 
for Educational in 1913; with same company 14 
years ; producer-director of his own company ; 
1930 produced and directed outdoor talkers for 
Paramount; directed color photography on "The 
Trail of the Lonesome Pine"; now making "Mu- 
sical Romances," in Technicolor, for Paramount; 
hobbies: out-of-doors. 

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BUCHMAN, SIDNEY 

b. Duluth, Minnesota, 1902; educ. University of 
Minnesota and Columbia University; was a 
member of the Shakespearian company at Old 
Vic's Theater, London; wrote Broadway plays 
and screen plays; now producing and writing 
for Columbia. 

BUELL, JED 

b. Denver, Colorado, May 21, 1897; educ. Corona 
school and North Denver high school; was treas- 
urer of the Denver Orpheum; business manager 
of Elitch's Gardens Theater, Denver; treasurer. 
Denliani Theater. Denver; eight years manager 
of West Coast Theaters, including the DeLuxe, 



Alvarado and Westlake, Los Angeles, Calif. ; 
in 1928, was general manager of California 
Universal Chair Theaters, headquarters Orange 
County, Calif.; in 1930 was made director of 
all publicity at the Mack Sennett Studios in 
Hollywood; held this position until Mack Sen- 
nett disbanded studio ; later became a free-lance 
publicist; in 1936, the DeLuxe Pictures Corpora- 
tion was formed and he became a producer with 
this outfit, producing musical westerns. 

BURR, C. C. 

b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 30. 1891 ; educ. Hack- 
ensack, N. J., High School, Bethlehem Prep, 
Nazareth Hall, entered University of Pennsyl- 
vania in 1911; became a newspaper reporter, 
worked on publicity for the New York Times ; 
later went to New York Edison Co. and McCall 
Co., and then returned to the Times; became a 
member of Paramount in 1913; after five years 
became assistant general manager, holding that 
post for two years ; left and started his own 
producing company; produced Sewell Ford's 
Torchy series, with Jonny Hines ; a contract 
was arranged with E. W. Mammons, who was 
about to start a distributing company for short 
subjects later to be known as Educational ; the 
Torchy comedies continued for three years until 
the star made features ; then produced all-star 
comedies, with Hodkinson-Pathe release; also 
made four features yearly, in addition; 1932 
produced for Monogram release; now president 
of B. J. S. Productions. 



BURTON, DAVID 

b. Alliance, N. J., 1902; graduate pharmacist; 
four years with Mrs. Fiske as actor, stage man- 
ager, director ; appeared in plays in New York ; 



IRVING PICHEL 

Directed 

"THE SHEIK STEPS OUT" 

"LARCENY ON THE AIR" 

"GENTLEMAN FROM LOUISIANA" 

"BEWARE OF LADIES" 



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produced plays for Charles Frohman at the 
Empire Theater, N. Y. ; has directed motion 
picures for Columbia and Universal ; directed for 
Reliance; was with RKO ; now free-lancing. 
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BUTCHER, EDWARD W. 

b. Troy, N. Y., May 15; educ. public schools 
of Troy ; started his motion picture work as 
manager of the Broadway Strand theater, De- 
troit ; at the same time handled the affairs of 
two motion picture exchanges, the All Star Fea- 
ture Company and the Broadway Feature Com- 
pany; 1917 went to New York as production 
manager for Clara Kimball Young at the old 
Tlianhouser studio ; remained two years and 
then went to California as her production man- 
ager, served in this capacity for six years ; next 
made 14 independent pictures that were re- 
leased by FBO; in 1925 affiliated himself with 
Fox West Coast Studios, was unit production 
manager at first, then business manager, and, 
after that studio manager; 1929 was made an 
associate producer; late in 1931 resigned and 
was studio manager at RKO ; June, 1932, re- 
turned to Fox as studio manager, after serving 
in this capacity was made production manager 
and early in 1934, became a producer; resigned 
in 1936; now with Selznick International. 

BUTLER, DAVID 

b. San Francisco ; educ. : Stanford University ; 
behind the footlights shortly after graduation, 
developing into well-known Pacific Coast stock 
player ; entered pictures as an actor and later 
switched to direction, making "High School 
Hero" as his first, for Fox, remaining with 
that organization for others ; under contract to 
20th Century-Fox ; member Hollywood Athletic 
Club; hobbies: golf, boxing, handball, tennis. 
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BUZZELL, EDWARD 

b. Brooklyn, in 1896; educ. in Brooklyn schools; 
started his stage work with Gus Edwards ; 
played in musical comedy, vaudeville and bur- 
lesque ; was starred on Broadway in "The Ging- 
ham Girl," "The Desert Song," "Town Clown," 
"No Other Girl," "Lady Fingers," "Broadway 
Brevities," "Good Boy," "Tip Toes" ; entered 
pictures as the star of "Little Johnny Jones," 
made by First National ; directed, wrote and 
appeared in 26 short comedies for Columbia; 
directed for Columbia; was with Universal; 
was with Columbia ; now under contract to 
Universal ; hobby : golf. 

CABANNE, CHRrSTY 

b. 1888, St. Louis; educ. St. Rose Academy, 
Culver Military Academy ; Annapolis Naval 
Academy ; early career spent in the navy ; the- 
atrical experience started 1908, on the stage, 
acting; 1910 entered pictures, directed "Doug" 
Fairbanks' first, made a second with Fairbanks 
and joined Fine Arts ; acted for short while 
with Griffith, then assistant to latter for five 
years ; became D. W.'s chief assistant, author of 
several originals ; made Metro's first serial ; or- 
ganized own company ; worked for G'oldwyn, 
F. B. O., Associated Exhibitors, M-G-M, Tif- 
fany-Stahl, De Mille-Pathe, Columbia, Universal. 
RKO and Mascot; now with RKO. 
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CAHN, EDWARD L. 

b. February 12, 1899, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; educ. 
public and high school in Brooklyn ; after 
school hours worked with Rissilbaum, pro- 
ducers; became manager of Miller Theater, Ver- 
mont Theater and Sheffield Theater, New York 
City; came to California in 1917; worked with 
Nazimova company as assistant director and 
cutter on four pictures ; worked as cutter at 
night for Universal and attended University of 
California in day time ; had three years of col- 
lege and majored in Theoretical Drama; became 



head cutter for Universal in 1926 and was as 
signed all their super productions, including 
"Man Who Laughs," "Uncle Tom's Cabin," 
"Show Boat," "Broadway," "We Americans," 
"A Lady Surrenders" ; directed Spanish version 
of "Shanghai Lady" and "Night Ride"; March, 
1931, became director for all "re-takes and 
added scenes," worked on "Up for Murder," 
"Homicide Squad"; directed "Saint Jolinson," 
with Walter Huston, as his first picture; hob- 
bies : gymnasium sports and does a great deal 
of reading; directed for Universal and RKO; 
directed in Englana in 1934; now with M-G-M. 

CAPRA, FRANK R. 

b. 1897, Italy; educ. Cal. Institute of Tech- 
nology ; came to America 1903 ; after school 
served as soldier in World War; entered pic- 
tures with independent unit as cutter, later 
scenarist, gag man and then director ; first as- 
signment Harry Langdon's initial First Na- 
tional release, 1926, on this he co-directed and 
wrote the gags ; full direction on Langdon's 
second and third ; with latter two years as gag 
man and then a director for First National, 
Columbia, continuing with latter in 1929-30-31- 
32-33 ; directed "Lady for a Day," voted one 
of the Ten Best Pictures of 1933; directed "It 
Happened One Night," voted one of the Ten 
Best Pictures of 1934 in the "Film Daily's" 
Annual Polls; received Academy award for best 
direction of 1934; directed "Mr. Deeds Goes to 
Town" ; one of the Film Daily Ten Best Pictures 
of 1936; still with Columbia; hobbies: music, 
fishing, hunting. 

CAREWE, EDWIN 

b. 1883, Gainesville, Texas; educ. Universities 
of Missouri and Texas; acted in legitimate field 
for 16 years; started films with Lubin, 1914, 
after that directed for Rolfe-Metro. Selig and 
First National; "Resurrection" for United 
Artists, 1927, and "Ramona," "Revenge," 1928; 
"Resurrection" selected one of the ten best 
pictures of 1927 in "The Film Daily" Annual 
Poll; producer-director of two units with Uniten 
Artists in 1929; directed "The Spoilers" for 
Paramount; directed "Resurrection" for Uni- 
versal ; directed "Are We Civilized" ; member 
Hollywood M.P.D.A., Academy of M. P. Arts 
and_ Sciences; hobbies: golf, tennis, hunting, 
fishing, billiards ; made about 80 features ; now 
making religious films. 

CARLISLE, ROBERT 

h. Los Angeles, Calif., Sept. 19, 1906; started 
in pictures with the old Metro in 1922 in the 
cutting rooms; in 1924. went with Cosmopolitan 
Productions in a similar capacity; in 1925. 
started with Universal where he remained luitil 

1934, during this period, cut some of this sliulio's 
biggest successes; in 1935, in conjunction with 
Jerry Fairbanks, became a short subject pro- 
ducer, forming the Scientific Films, Inc. to 
produce short subjects for Paramount, chief 
among these being the Popular Science series 
which are now in their third year with this 
company; also producing several single reel 
shorts, primarily for Paramount also. 

CARR, TREM ^ ^ 

b. Trenton. III., Nov. 6 ; educ. University of 
Illinois; prior to entering motion picture busi- 
ness, was head of a St. Louis construction com- 
pany, and paymaster in charge of disbursements 
tor the Pearl Harbor breakwater project at 
Honolulu; entered the motion piclure business 
in 1922, as a producer of a series of Al St. Jolm 
comedies; has been an active producer for the 
past 13 years; was vice-president of Rayart Pic- 
tures for 1922 to 1929, and vice-president in 
charge of productions for Syndicate Pictures fioni 
1925 until 1930; 1930, he and his partner, W. 
Ray Johnston, organized Monogram Pictures ; 

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elected president of the Independent Motion 
Picture Producers Association; sold liis interest 
in Republic ; now producing a .Tolm Wayne series 
for Universal; is a director of the ]\Ias(|iiers 
Club and a member of the Sininers and Delta 
Tau Delta Fraternity. 



CARROLL, EARL 

b. Sept. 16, 1893, Pittsburgh; educ. dropped out 
of school in the eighth grade; worked as a pro- 
gram boy at the theater until 1909 when he 
became restless and made his way to San Fran- 
cisco, where he signed aboard a ship as cabin 
boy on a trip around the world ; worked up and 
down the China cnast ; in Shanghai became edi- 
tor of an American newspaper; quit this to re- 
turn to the sea, where he did his first serious 
writing; he was 19 when he returned to New 
York and the theatrical world; his first play, 
"The Lady of the Night" was immediately pur- 
chased, but never produced due to financial com- 
plications ; worked as a theater program boy and 
played the piano ; joined Leo Feist music house 
and worked for several other music houses until 
Oliver Morosco gave him his first chance; wrote 
words and music for several shows ; enlisted in 
the infantry during the World War ; later trans- 
ferred to the air service ; became a pilot at 
Mineola, Long Island; returned to writing and 
wrote "Lady of the Lamp," which was pro- 
duced at the Republic theater in New York in 
1919; the first show which he ever produced; 
then built his first theater, the Earl Carroll, in 
1921, and his second, with the same name, in 
1931; produced for Paramount; joined 20th 
Century-Fox and co-produced with Harold Wil- 
son. 



CARRUTH, MILTON 

b. March 23, 1900, San Diego, Calif.; attended 
Los Angeles schools; entered pictures in 1916 as 
cutter with Fox; was with Mack Sennett as 
cutter; joined Universal 1928 as cutter; edited 
John Stahl's pictures; became director in 1936; 
hobbies: golf, fishing; is with Universal. 



CEDER, RALPH 



b. 1899, Marietta, Wise. ; entered films about 
1917; three years spent learning production 
methods ; directed shorts, mostly comedies, for 
seven years, working for several companies; 
joined FBO, 1926, made two-reelers ; with Para- 
mount in 1927-28 ; features for Paramount in 
1928; sliorls lor Larry Oainiour Prod, n i928- 
29; free-lancing in 1930; was with RKO-Pathe; 
directed in England ; now with Samuel Gold- 
wyn in Hollywood; hobbies: golf, fishing, and 
books. 

CHADWICK, I. E. 

b. l^ondon, England, Feb. l.S. 1884; educ. Brook- 
lyn. N. Y. schools, Cornell and St. Lawrence 
University, receiving A.B. and L.L.B. de- 
grees; entered picture business in 1910 as coun- 
sel to picture comnanies; vice president of 
Exclusive Features, Inc.. 1910-1914; president. 
Merit Film Corp., 191.S-1919; vice-president, 
Ivan Film Productions, 1915-1924; president of 
Chadwick Pictures Corp. since 1924 ; president, 
New York F. I. L. M. Club. 1918-23; pro- 
ducer of pictures, which starred Larry Semon, 
Charles Ray, Tlieda Bara, George Walsh, Lionel 
13arrymore and others; produced for Monogram 
release during 1932 and 1933; produced for inde- 
pendent market ; now back with Monogram. 



Box office 

CLYDE E. ELLIOTT 

BRING 'EM BACK ALIVE 

R-K-O 

DEVIL TIGER 

Fox 
Now Producing 

BOO LOO 

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CHAPLIN, CHARLES 

b. April 16, 1889, London; parents, English 
theatrical folks ; educ. London public schools ; 
at early age joined group of juvenile dancers, 
toured England with that and other companies 
in juvenile parts ; turned to dramatic parts and 
later back to vaudeville; came to U. S. in 1910 
played repertoire, touring U. S. and Canada and 
to England in 1912; came back in the fall of 
1912 to continue tour; while playing Philadel- 
phia received offer, 1913, from Keystone for 
picture work ; signed with Keystone ; after 
films, went back to vaudeville company on 
another tour ; rejoined Keystone as comedian ; 
with that company until 1918 when he organized 
his own company and signed $1,000,000 con- 
tract with First National ; first star to acquire 
personal studio; formed United Artists with 
others ; stars in and directs own films, releasing 
through United ; selected one of the ten best 
directors of 1926 in "The Film Daily" Annual 
Ballot ; selected one of the ten best directors 
of 1928 in "The Film Daily" Annual Poll; ap- 
peared in and directed "The Circus," selected 
one of 10 best pictures of 1928 in Annual "Film 
Daily" ballot ; appeared in and directed "City 
Lights" in 1931; selected one of the "Ten Best 
Directors of 1930-31" in annual "Film Daily" 
poll ; member Academy M. P. Arts and Sciences. 

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CHERTOK, JACK 

b. July 13, 1906; educ. high schools and grade 
schools in Atlanta, Ga., and New York City; 
was 111 charge of the music department at M-G-M 
Studios; now in charge of all shorts produced at 
M-G-M. 

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CHODOROV, EDWARD 

b. April 17, 1904, New York City; educ. Brown 
University; stage manager of numerous Broad- 
way productions; was formerly publicity director 
for Columbia, in New York; worked with Jed 
Harris on several plays; worked at M-G-M as 
a writer; worked at Warners as a writer; then 
produced for one year for Warners; was writ- 
ing and producing for Columbia ; now pro- 
ducing for M-G-M. 



CHRISTIE, AL 



b. London, Ontario; entered pictures in 1919, 
Vice President and General Manager of Christie 
Film Co., and President Christie Realty Corp. ; 
directed first for David Horsley's Nestor Come- 
dies, at Bayonne, N. J. ; produced and directed 
for Columbia release ; produced and directed for 
Educational on the coast ; now producing and 
directing shorts for Educational release at the 
General Service studio in Astoria. 

CLAIR. RENE 

Began life as a journalist in Paris; later went 
on the stage and finally became assistant to 
Jacques de Baroncelli; began directing in 1922; 
in 1925, joined Albatross-Sequana, the French pro- 
ducers ; directed for Tobis ; in 1936, directed 
for London Films. 

CLARK, COLBERT 

b. Galesburg, 111., Aug. 31, 1898; educ. gradu- 
ate Harvard. 1920; entered pictures in 1922 with 
Renaud Hoffman Co.; 1925. with Peninsula 
Studios at San Mateo; 1928-1931. Pathe Studios, 
as assistant director; 1931. Mascot as writer, 
director; since 1935, supervisor for Republic. 
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CLEMENS. WILLIAM 
b. Saginaw. Mich.. Sept. 10, 1905; educ. Sagi- 
naw schools ; 1922. started with Standard Film 
Laboratory in Hollywood ; became a cutter 
for Harry Carey pictures made by Charles R. 



Rogers ; edited pictures for Universal, Pathe, 
KKO, Warner iJros. ; now directing for War- 
ner Bros. 

CLIFT, DENISON 

b. San Francisco ; educ. Stanford University ; 
short story writer, novelist, playwright ; wrote 
originals for screen and then became a scenarist ; 
scripts for Famous and Ince ; supervising! editor 
and director for Fox; went to England in 1920; 
directed for Ideal, London, for four years ; back 
to America, 1924, joined Fox, then De Mille 
as director ; while in England made tour of 
Europe studying picture conditions ; besides Fox, 
De Mille, directed for Robertson-Cole, (di- 
rector and scenarist) ; Selznick, Playgoers Pic- 
tures, Associated Exhibitors ; to England in 1927 
joining British International Pictures as sce- 
nario editor ; directing in t^-ngiand m 1928-29 ; 
1930 writing and directing for Paramount; 
wrote for Samuel Goldwyn in 1931 ; now free- 
lancing in England. 

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CLIFTON, ELMER 

Six years' stage experience acting; in films 16 
years, first with Reliance-Majestic Prod. ; Hod- 
kinson. Fox, and others ; made year's trip 
around the world ; directed about thirty fea- 
tures; 1926, joined Cecil B. De Mille; with De 
Mille-P. D. C. in 1926-27 and De Mille-Pathe 
in 1927-28; with Tiffany-Stahl and Columbia 
in 1928 and a free-lancer in 1929 ; directed 
Julian Eltinge in "Maid to Order" ; was pro- 
ducing and directing for Amedee J. Van Beuren ; 
now a free-lance director. 

CLINE, EDWARD FRANCIS 

b. 1892, Kenosha, Wise. ; educ. Lake Forest, 
Chicagoj three years appeared in stage plays; 
1912, joined Sennett's Keystone Co., afterwards 
working for Sennett-Paramount, Fox, Metre, 
First National, M-G-M : series of Ben Turpins 
for First National ; Jackie Coogans for M-G-M ; 
and back to Sennett in 1926 ; has made chiefly 
comedies ; worked for Pathe, Paramount in 1927, 
and First National and Universal in 1928; free- 
lancer in 1929 ; directed for First National, 
Paramount and RKO in 1930-31-32; directed 
for Sol Lesser; 1935, joined Paramount as a 
supervisor ; now directing for RKO ; member 
Academy of M. P. Arts and Sciences; Holly- 
wood ; hobbies : motoring and baseball. 

COHEN, BEN S. 

b. Philadelphia, March 19, 1885; educ. Philadel- 
phia schools, University of Penn., University of 
Denver, LL.B. ; practiced law for five years; 
1915, manager New York Exchange. World 
Film Corp. ; later eastern division manager of 
World Film Corporation: 1916, with Lewis J. 
Selznick in Clara Kimball Young Film Corp. ; 
1918, own exchange in Denver; 1921. produced 
with Nat Spitzer; 1924-1932, president General 
Appliance Corp. ; 1933, produced pictures in as- 
sociation with George W. Stout ; 1934-35-36, 
Burroughs-Tarzan Enterprises. 

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COHEN. EMANUEL 

b. Hartford, Conn., Aug. 5, 1892; educ. public 
schools and Townsend High School. 1912 gradu- 
ated from College of the City of New York ; 
1912 to 1914. writer on politics and economics; 
1914-15. associate editor Pathe Review; director 
of short feature productions for Pathe ; 1926. 
editor Paramount News and director of short 
feature production for Paramount ; 1932 became 
vice-president in charge of productions for Para- 
mount ; Major in the United States Army Re- 
serves during the war ; member of Explorers 
Club. National Press Club, the Judean Society 
and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and 
Sciences ; organized his own production company 
Major Productions, to release through Paramount. 



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COHEN, HERBERT S. 

b. Los Angeles, Calif.; educ. Los Angeles high 
school and U.C.L.A.; in 1932, joined Invincible 
Pictuies, when company was first started; in 
1934, was made executive assistant to his father, 
Maury M. Cohen, producer of Invincible Pic- 
tures; in 1935-36 co-supervised a series of six 
feature pictures for Invincible; in 1936, was 
made supervisor of a series of nine pictures to 
be filmed for Invincible on the 1936-1937 sched- 
ule; now with RKO. 

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COHEN, MAURY M. 

b. Chicago, Oct. 10; educ. Chicago; after oper- 
ating several large industrial and commercial 
ventures entered the motion picture industry in 
1925 as president of Invincible Pictures Corpora- 
tion; now an associate producer at RKO. 

COHN, HARRY 

b. New York City, July 23, 1891 ; President of 
Columbia Pictures ; started as a song writer, 
next went into vaudeville as the singing half on 
the team of Edwards and Ruby; 1919, with 
Jack Cohn and Harry Brandt formed C. B. C, 
which later became Columbia Pictures. 
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COHN, MARTIN G. 

b. New York City, May 5, 1893 ; educ. New 
York public schools, and College of the City of 
New York; 1911, joined Great Northern Film 
Co. ; six months later was editing 500 foot 
subjects as weekly releases, also 1,000 foot 
subjects as monthly releases ; was one of first 
to edit a subject of more than one reel in length, 
this being released through Motion Picture Sales 
Co., New York; became supervisnig film editor 
of KBS Productions; 1934 joined Phil Gold- 



stone, producer for M-G-M; now supervising for 
Conn and Ambassador Pictures. 

COHN, RALPH 

h. May 1, 1914, New York City; educ. George 
Washington High School, New York City, Los 
Angeles High School, and Cornell University; 
worked at Columbia studios as assistant cutter 
and assistant director during summer vacations; 
since graduation was stage manager of several 
New York stage shows and co-director of the 
Theater-By-The-Sea, Matuck, Rhode Island; then 
assistant to Irving Briskin at Columbia; now 
associate producer on a series of action pictures 
at Columbia. 

COLLINS, ARTHUR G. 

b. London, England, Sept. 5, 1896; educ. St. 
Edmunds College, Old Hall Ware, London Uni- 
versity and College of Science ; produced and 
directed for the stage in London ; also produced 
and directed for the stage in Australia, Los An- 
geles and San Francisco ; 1933, joined Warner 
Bros, as a dialogue director; 1935, directing for 
Warner Bros. ; 1936 directing for Universal and 
20th Century-Fox; now directing and producing 
for Monogram. 

COLLINS, lewis" D. 

1). 1899; Baltimore; educ. Mt. St. Mary's Uni- 
versity; leading man, touring country with Klaw 
& Erlanger shows ; became leading man in silent 
pictures; then assistant director and writer; 
joined Universal as director in 1936, directed 
comedies, westerns and later other features ; di- 



ROY ROWLAND 

Director 

"Sun Kissed Stars at Palm Springs" 

"Cinema Circus" 

"Hollywood Party" 

(In Technicolor) 

"Song of Revolt" 
"How to Start the Day Right" 

Starring Robert Benchley 
FOR 

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rected for Pathe, Radio, Republic, Universal ; 
now directing for Columbia. 
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CONN, MAURICE HAROLD 

b. Concord, N. H., Sept. 16, 1906; educ. B.S. 
degree in business administration Rhode Island 
State College, 1928; M.A. in economics Brown 
University 1929 ; additional graduate work 
Brown University 1930-31, and at University of 
Southern California 1932 ; manager of Conn's 
Theater, Providence, 1928-1929 ; manager Mas- 
cot Filin Exchange, Seattle, 1932 ; comptroller 
and assistant to the president Mascot Pictures 
1932-1934; July, 1934, organized Ambassador 
Pictures, Inc., becoming president of same ; May, 

1935, organized Conn Pictures Corp., being 
president of both companies at the present time ; 

1936, organized Melody Pictures Corp. 

CONNOLLY, 'bobby 

b. New York, July 4, 1892; h. 5 ft. 7; w. 150; 
brown hair and eyes; m. ; stage director of sev- 
eral editions of Ziegfeld Follies; directed many 
Technicolor shorts; 1933 staged dances for Uni- 
versal and Warners; 1935-1937 directed dances 
and ensembles for Warners; 1937, directing for 
Warner Bros. 

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CONSIDINE, JOHN W., JR. 

b. Spokane, Oct. 7, 1898 ; educ. Stanford Uni- 
versity, Yale College, Oxford University and 
Heidelberg University of Germany graduated 
from Sheffield Scientific School as Ph.D.; was 
with United Artists, and in 1930 joined Fox 
Movietone where he directed; in 1933 became 
associate producer for M-G-M. 



CONWAY, JACK 



b. 1887, Graceville, Minn.; educ. Graceville 
public schools ; toured the country, starting in 
1907, with various Belasco* stock companies; on 
stage eight years ; first screen activities as an 
actor with Jack London M. P. Co. and Uni- 
versal, playing leads; screen career began 1911, 
working in turn for Selig, Bosworth, Fine-Arts, 
Reliance-Majestic, Export & Import, Bluebird, 
Triangle, Federal, Pathe, Aywon, M-G-M ; first 
directed for Triangle ; made series of Zane Cray 
Stories ; helped develop Mary Philbin as star 
while with Universal; with M-G-M since 1927; 
directed "Viva Villa!", voted one of the Ten Best 
Pictures of 1934 in the annual Film Daily Poll; 
directed "A Tale of Two Cities," one of the Film 
Daily Ten Best Pictures of 1936; member Acad- 
emy of M. P. Arts and Sciences; hobbies; out- 
door sports, reading, automobile driving, dogs. 

COOPER, MERIAN C. 

b. Jacksonville, Fla., Oct. 24, 1893 ; educ. Lau- 
renceville School, New York ; U. S. Naval Aca- 
demy at Annapolis ; preferring the free life of an 
adventure seeker to Navy discipline, a few 
months before he was to graduate, left to sail 
before the mast ; left the sea to become a news- 
paper man; 1916, enlisted in the infantry; com- 
missioned a first lieutenant in the Aviation Corps 
when the U. S. entered the War; went overseas 
and was a captain when the War ended ; joined 
the Polish army as lieutenant colonel of aviation 
and for two years piloted a combat plane in 
campaigns against the Bolsheviks ; returned to 
the U. S. to write ; sailed to the Malay Penin- 
sula on an expedition for the magazine Asia ; 
motion pictures were made on this trip ; with 
Ernest Schoedsack produced pictures in Siam and 
the African Sudan ; left films temporarily to aid 
in the development of aviation ; is a director of 
several aviation companies; 1931, when Varrick 
Frissel was lost in iVewfoundland led an unsuc- 
cessful rescue mission ; when Selznick took over 
the production reins at RKO, he induced Cooper 



to return to pictures ; has won success as an 
author with four books to his credit: now with 
M-G M. 

CORRIGAN, LLOYD 

b. Oct. 16, San Francisco, Calif.; attended Uni- 
versity of California, took active part in Lit- 
tle Theater as an actor and wrote several one- 
act plays. Went into pictures after grad- 
uating ; while working in a picture with Ray- 
rnond Griffith injured his loot and during that 
time became a writer joining Paramount; dur- 
ing 1929 wrote "Dr. Fu Manchu", "Sweetie", 
"The Saturday Night Kid", "Two Black Crows 
in A.E.F.", "The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu"; 
co-directed "Follow Thru"; directing for Para- 
mount; was with RKO; directed for Pioneer 
Pictures ; now free-lancing. 
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COZINE, RAY 

b. July 23, 1902, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Brooklyn 
Public School, Erasmus Hall, Pratt Institute 
(art) ; Illustrator for Brooklyn Life and Spoi t 
page of Newark "Star"; entered pictures with 
Paramount as prop boy; later cameraman fo. 
trick and miniature department; became an as 
sistant to Herbert Brenon, also assisted Alan 
Dwan, Fred Newmeyer, Gregory LaCava, D. 
W. Griffith, Ted Sloman, Victor Schertzinger; 
directed numerous shorts for Paramount in 1929- 
30-31 including the first Japanese talking pic- 
ture, the "Golden Kimona" ; co-directed 'Mid- 
night" for Universal release in 1933 ; now free- 
lancing. 

CROMWELL, JOHN 
b. Toledo, O. ; educ. Howe schoole, Howe, Ind. ; 
was interested in amateur theatricals ; entered 
steel business with father but gave it up to 
enter theater in a stock company ; traveled three 
years, later affiliating with Wm. A. Brady ; di- 
rected for Brady for 12 years; produced "Tar- 
nish," "Lucky Sam McCarver," "The Silver 
Cord," "Women Go On Forever," and "The 
Queen's Husband" ; appeared in "The Racket" 
in Los Angeles ; signed by Paiamount to appear 
in pictures in 1928 ; first role in all talking 
picture, "The Dummy"; directed in 1928-29 
for Paramount ; selected one of the "Ten Best 
Directors of 1930-31" in annual "Film Daily" 
poll ; was under contract to Paramount ; was 
under contract to RKO. and 20th Century-Fox; 
directed for Selznick-International ; member of 
Lotus Club, N. \^., and Forest Hills Tennis Club, 
Long Island; hobbies: tennis and riding. 
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CRUZE. JAMES 
b. 1884, Ogden, Utah; educ. Ogden ; played in 
tent and medicine shows at 16; toured in stock 
as lead; organized own stock company 1903; 
with Luke Cosgrave ; organized larger company 
and played big time on country-wide tour, 
until 1906 ; came to New York and played with 
Belasco ; during lay-oflf, played small bits atJ old 
N. Y. Pathe studio; 1908, played leads with 
Pathe and Thanhouser ; 1916, went with Lasky 
to Hollywood as a director ; made "The Cov- 
ered Wagon," "Old Ironsides"; 1927, joined 
De Mille-P. D. C. ; directed Thomas Meighan 
in "The Mating Call" for Caddo Prod. ; or- 
ganized own independent production-distribution 
units in 1928, makng series of Gaston Glass 
comedies in 1929 for independent market and 
features for same release ; acquired old Chad- 
wick studio in Hollywood for production in 
1929; directing for his own company in 1931; 
was with Columbia ; selected one of the ten 
best directors of 1926 and also of 1928 in "The 
Film Daily" Annual Ballot ; is free-lancing. 

CUKOR, GEORGE 

b. New York City, 1899; educ. New York; stage 
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ter Co.; 1920, Lyceum theater, Rochester; there 
until 1928; dialogue director for pictures; joined 
Paramount in 1929 as co-director ; directed ; was 
under contract to KKO ; directed "Little 
Women," selected one of the National Board of 
Review ten best of 1934 ; directed for M-G-M ; 
directed "Dinner at Eight" and "Little Women," 
belected two of the Ten Best Pictures of 1934 
in the Film Daily Annual Poh ; under contract 
to M-G-M and Selznick-International. 
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CUMMINGS, IRVING 

b. Oct. 9, 1888, New York; educ. N. Y. ; 
acted several years on stage, many seasons 
with Lillian Russell; entered films 1912; played 
in one of the first five-reelers made in this 
country ; acted for a few years and then be- 
came a director ; organized own company ; made 
series of shorts for Principal, starring and 
directing; produced and directed for Principal, 
Universal, First National, Warners, Brenda Pic- 
tures, Fox, having own unit with each ; was 
under contract to Columbia ami Fox; now with 
Walter Wanger. 

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CUMMINGS, JACK 

!). New Brunswick, Canada; started at M-G-M 
in li^24, as office boy; later worked as script 
hoy, assistant director, director and producer 
of shorts; co-producer with Charles Riesner of 
fealuie pictures; producing for M-G-M. 

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CUNNINGHAM, JACK 

b. Ionia. la., April. 1887 ; educ. juiblic schools. 
Cornell College ; printer, reporter and editor on 
newspapers tbrousliout the country ; telegraph edi- 
tor, N. Y. Morning and Evening Suns ; publicity 
in motion pictures, later became writer for screen 



with many well-known picture plays to his credit ; 
has worked for every production company; now 
a Paramount producer. 

CURTIZ, MICHAEL 

b. Budapest, Hungary; spent one year at col- 
lege and two years in Theater Academy ; played 
extra bits in an opera as a child ; leads in 
classical and modern dramas ; trouped on the 
roail a year and a half ; a pantominiist for six 
months with a circus ; served in the Austrian 
heavy artillery as a lieutenant during the war; 
directed for Sascha Productions after war, from 
there going to UFA for two years, and then to 
Hollywood to direct for Warners, continuing 
witii same company in 1929-30-31-32-33-34; still 
with Warners ; besides directing, he has written 
oO produced rtlm plays; his hobby is to make 
great pictures ; member Academy of M. P. Arts 
and Sciences. 

CUTTS. GRAHAM 

Ii. Br ghton, 1887; having been trained to be an 
t-nglneer he started in the film trade in 1909. 
when he became a cinema proprietor at New- 
castle-on-Tyne; entered the production side of 
the film business in 1921. and has worked in 
England, America and Germany; directed for 
Herbert Wilcox, Balcon, Fredman & Saville. 
(iainsliorough and others. 

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D'ABBADIE D'ARRAST, HENRY 

1). 1897, Argentine; left college to join French 
artillery for World War service; with French 
Army during whole war; to U. S. in 1922; 
with Chaplin three years as assistant director, 
then with Famous-Paramount as director, aiKl 



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various other producers, including United 
Artists in 1929; with Paramount in 1930-31; was 
with United Artists and RKO ; now free-lancing. 
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DARMOUR, LARRY 

b. New York, Jan. 8, 1895, Flushing; educ. 
F.ushing grammar and high schools ; started as 
a news-reel cameraman in 1913 with the Gau- 
monl Graphic, Mutual Weekly; covered the 
peace expedition ; following this made the trip 
with Dr. Cook on his expedition ; in the signal 
corps during the war ; returned from Europe, 
was editor of the Gauniont Graphic news-reel ; 
then editor of Selznick News ; vice-president 
Selziiick Distributing Corp. ; organized Standard 
Cinema Corp. ; produced for FliO, RKO, Para- 
mount and the independent market ; produced a 
Ken Maynard series for Columbia release; mak- 
ing a Jack Holt series for Columbia release. 

DAVIS, FRANK T. 

b. Kichmond, Ind., 1890; educ. Iron River, 
Michigan; stage experience; medicine show; then 
appearance with repertorie, burlesque companies; 
acted in Shubert, Anderson and Weber, Schwab 
and Mandel companies; vaudeville; associate 
producer for Pathe in the East, making shorts ; 
starred in Checker comedies; wrote 75 vaudeville 
sketches and the Greenwich Village "Ginger 
Box" revue; directed series of comedy shorts 
for Pathe ; then vaudeville ; now producing at 
M-G-M. 

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DEARHOLT, ASHTON 

b. Milwaukee, Feb. 4, 1894 ; educ. Culver Mili- 
tary Academy; 1911-1915, production end of 
business with the American Film Co.; 1915-1918, 
Universal Pictures; 1918-1920, free-lanced as 
actor, writer and director ; operated Berwilla 
Studios with Ben Wilson, operated eleven units 
for Arrow Pictures; 1929-1930, production man- 
ager for Richard Barthelmess, John Francis 
Dillon, Al Santell and Henry Hobart Produc- 
tions for First National; 1931, production man- 
ager on RKO specials; 1933, Van Beuren as su- 
pervisor of expedition Pictures ; 1934-35-36, pro- 
duced lor Burroughs-Tarzan. 

de COURVILLE, ALBERT 

b. London, March 26, 1887; educ. Loudon and 
l^ausanne; won his fame during the war years 
when his revues being of the lightest sort, were 
much in demand among soldiers on leave; di- 
rected for British & Dominions, Gainsborough; 
now directing for Gaumont-British. 

DE LA FALAISE. HENRY 

li. February 11. 1898 in St. Cyr, l'"iance; educ. 
France, England, Germany — B.A. of the Sorbonne 
in Paris, stiiiiied in Bonn while in Germany; 
enlisted in 1915 Cavalry; serveil in the Chaus- 
senrs Alpine and Tanks: twice decorated, croix 
de guerre in France and aUo an Italian Decora- 
tion ; after the war went into the insurance 
liusiness in Paris and London with Lloyds; then 
came to America; was sent aliroad as European 
represenlative for Pathe duriiiK 1928-29-30; made 
French pictures for Radio Pictures; was wilh 
M-G-M; is producing and directing his tnvii 
travel pictures. 

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DE LIMUR. JEAN 

b. Vannes, Brittany; in pictures since 1920; 
before that, spent ten years in French army ; 
went to college in Paris, and when 16 made an 
extended trip to Japan ; as an aviator on West- 
ern and Italian fronts, brought down three Ger- 
man and four Austrian planes in single combat; 
was wounded twice, received the Croix de 
Guerre with seven palms and also three Italian 
decorations, ended up as captain in command 
of a pursuit squadron ; some of this experience 
went later into the scenario which he wrote of 
"Legion of the Condemned" based upon story 



by John Monk Saunders; in 1920, came to 
America, met Douglas Fairbanks and was given 
a part in "'Three Musketeers"; in 1922, worked 
as technical director with Ingram on "Black 
Orchids" ; 1923, had same assignment with 
Chaplin in "Woman of Paris"; 1924, went to 
Africa with Ingram, as assistant on "The 
Arab" and followed with similar position on 
■"Mare Nostrum"; then, assistant director in 
England before returning to America in 1927 as 
assistant to De Mille on "King of Kings" ; 
since January, 1928, with Paramount as techni 
cal director and scenarist ; then director, in 
1929 ; now directing in France. 
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DE MILLE, CECIL B. 

b. August 12, 1881, Asheville, Mass.; educ. 
Penn. Military School ; served in Spanish- 
American War ; studied at Sargent School of 
Dramatic Art; actor in stock in N. Y. and in 
road companies; organized Standard Opera Co, 
and toured country; 1913, with Jesse L. Lasky, 
entered production, founding Jesse Lasky Fea- 
ture Play Co., later merged with Famous; with 
Paramount as production chief until switching 
to Prod. Dist. Corp., in 1925 ; outstanding 
ichievements : "Ten Commandments," (Fa- 
mous) "King of Kings," (P. D. C.) ; own 
studio in Culver City ; in charge of production 
for P. D. C. ; principal stock holder in that 
company ; joined Pathe as production chief 
when P. D. C. merged with latter company ; 
joined M-G-M' as producer-director in 1928 ; his 
"King of Kings" selected one of ten best pic- 
tures of 1928 in Annual "Film Daily" poll ; 
selected one of the ten best directors in 1926-27 
and 1928-29 in "Film Daily" Annual Polls; 
completed his M-G-M contract in 1931 ; traveled 
in Europe ; now with Paramount ; member 
Academy of M. P. Arts and Sciences ; promi- 
nent in Los Angeles civic circles ; holds execu- 
tive position in many business enterprises; in- 
terested in large amount of real estate and 
banks ; hobbies : yachting, fishing, credited with 
new developments in lighting and photography. 

DE RECAT, EMILE 

b. Cairo, Egypt, January 9, 1887 ; educated in 
France, while attending college formed ama- 
teur theatrical companies, in which he acted, 
was producer, director and manager; connected 
with Grand Opera, where he received his train- 
ing in pantomine and ballet, the Theater des 
Arts, and the Follies Bergere, Paris; wrote and 
composed his own ballets ; had several theatrical 
companies touring the Continent, the United 
Kingdom, South Africa, South America and 
Australia ; with the Societe Cinematique des 
Auteurs et Gens de Lettres, which at the time 
was the most prominent motion picture com- 
pany in France, releasing its pictures through 
the Pathe French Co.; his contributions were 
"Le Roi Seleil," filmed in the Chateau de Ver- 
sailles and "Les Miserables"; made a world 
tour with his own company; established a bal- 
let school in Chicago; was appointed ballet master- 
producer with the Interstate Grand Opera Com- 
pany, at which time he produced and gave the 
American p-emiere of his famous ballet, "Une 
Intrigue (ialante Sous Louis XV"; directed 
some of the episodes of "A Million Dollar Mys 
tery," for Tannhauser; organized own picture 
production company, the DeRecat Productions, 
producing at the Essanay Studios, Chicago; came 
to Los Angeles to write, produce, stage and di- 
rect the "American Historical Pageant" ; was 
supervising-director of Foreign Productions, for 
Pathe Studios ; directed the Spanish versions of 
"Her Private Aflfair," "The Grand Parade," 
"Trader Horn," "The Big House"; wrote and 
directed a short subject serving as a prologue 
to the "Grand Parade"; has been with M-G-M; 
now free-lancing. 



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DEL RUTH, ROY 

b. Philadelphia ; educ. Phila., Williamsport, Pa. 
and Brooklyn, N. Y. ; made a trip to London; 
obtained reporter's job on "Philadelphia Ameri- 
can" when he returned; switched to "Phila- 
delphia Enquirer," doing reportorial and sketch 
work; 1913, sent to Cuba as an illustrator and 
reporter for the Willard-Johnson fight ; film 
career started 1915, with Sennett in Hollywood 
doing scenario work ; short subject director for 
Sennett; directed Harry Langdon in his first; 
joined Warners under contract in 1928, con- 
tinuing there in 1929; features for Fox, War- 
ners, 1930; selected one of the ten best direc- 
tors of 1929-30 in Annual "Film Daily" Poll; 
was under contract to Warner Bros. ; now with 
Twentieth Century-Fox; member Academy of 
M. P. Arts and Sciences; directed "Broadway 
Melody of 1936", one of the Film Daily Ten 
Best Pictures of 1936. 

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DENIS, ARMAND 
li. Belt^iiini ; educ. Oxford and other European 
universities; entered pictures eight years ago as 
a research consultant engineer; is a first class 
cameraman ; invented an automatic film printing 
machine which he sold to Eastman ; directed in 
Bali, Dutch East Indies and India; now pro- 
ducing another film. 

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DERR, E. B. 
b. Bethlehem, Penn., May 20, 1896; educ. Beth- 
lehem High School, Boston University; auditor 
Lehigh Valley Railroad ; assistant comptroller 
Bethlehem Steel Corp. ; motion picture theater 
operator in four Pennsylvania Cities ; produced 
stage presentations in conjunction with opera- 



tion_ of rnotion picture theaters in 1916; entered 
motion pictures as chief executive for F. B. O. 
in 1925 ; chief executive First National Picture 
Corp. ; became president of Pathe Exchanges, 
Inc. ; president and executive producer, Pathe 
Studios ; executive producer, Howard Hughes 
Productions for United Artists; producer, M-G-M 
Studios ; now producing independently with Tom 
Keene under personal contract. 



DeSYLVA, B. G. (BUDDY) 

b. New York City, Jan. 27 ; educ. school at 
Azusa, Calif, and Pasadena ; later at University 
of Southern California, where he specialized in 
English; developed an ability to write jingles 
and became staff poet on his high school maga- 
zine ; original ambition was to be a doctor and 
entered U. S. C. for pre-medical work ; started 
composing own tunes and writing lyrics to songs 
he played on ukelele ; member of an "All- 
Hawaiian" orchestra; Al Jolson bought his first 
song and took him East to write more ; wrote 
dozens of songs ; libretto writer for many musical 
productions ; with Bobby Crawford as business 
manager, organized DeSylva, Brown & Hender- 
son Publishing Co., to publish their own and 
others' songs ; wrote song "Sonny Boy," which 
sold more than 5,000,000 copies; cariie to Holly- 
wood under contract to Fox to write and pro- 
duce; returned to Broadway to write a show; 
then back to Hollywood to write and produce; 
team dissolved with Brown and Henderson re- 
turning to New York ; later wrote and produced 
for Broadway ; returned to Fox, this time as a 
full fledged producer ; now producing for Uni- 
versal ; member of Phi Nu Delta fraternity at 
U. S. C, The Lambs, N. Y. ; hobbies: outdoor 
sports, indulging in baseball, football and tennis. 



LESLIE L. LANDAU 

Producing for 

20th CENTURY-FOX 

Recently Completed 

"THE LADY ESCAPES" 

In Preparation 

"ISLAND IN THE SKY" 
"RINGS ON HER FINGER" 



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DIAMOND, DAVID 

b. New York City, Feb. 2, 1900; educ. DeWitt 
Clinton High School in New York and Milwau- 
kee School of Engineering; entered motion pic- 
tures in 1920 as exploitation man with Harry 
Keichenbach ; later organized the Tobis film 
company in Germany, and was first in the mo- 
tion picture Little Theater movement in the 
United States ; opened the Vanderbilt theatre in 
New York as the country's largest playhouse 
exhibiting foreign pictures ; organized the Tobis 
company in America ; later went to Italy and 
made "Mussolini Speaks" for Columbia; joined 
Universal as an associate producer; resigned 
in 1936; now producing for Grand National. 

DIEGE, SAMUEL 

li. July 22, 1903, Peoria, III.; educ. St. Francis 
College, Cincinnati, Ohio; started as office boy 
in 1920 for Mayflower Productions; worked as 
prop man for I'irst National from 1921 until 
1929; 1929 got job at Paramount as assistant 
director to Edward Sutherland; worked as as- 
sistant director at various major studios foi 
five years; 1934 joined George Hirliman's Select 
Pictures company which made Bill Boyd series 
and worked as assistant and co-director; 1936 
made production manager for George Hirliman 
Enterprises; 1936 made associate producer on 
Pacific Productions for George Hirliman, ^ posi- 
tion which he now holds; hobbies: golf and swim- 
ming. 

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DIETERLE, WILLIAM 

b. Germany in Rheinpfalz ; started as an actor 
on a small stage, but soon came to larger 
stages, such as Heidelberg, Zurich in Switzer- 
land, Munich and finally Reinhardt in Berlin, 
where, since 1918, he had big successes as well 
in classic roles as in modern hero parts ; worked 
in pictures since 1921, first picture directed by 
E. A. Dupont; since 1926 he directed films in 
which he played leading part ; everyone of the 
films directed by him was a big success, finan- 
cially as well as artistically, and it must be 
mentioned that in everyone of the films, he 
brought out new young actors or actresses who, 
almost all of them, have made their careers and 
hold prominent positions today in the moving 
picture industry, for instance Marlene Dietrich 
who played her first part under his direction ; 
after his contract with Universal in Germany 
had expired, he came to Hollywood to work 
for Warner Bros, where he is under contract ; 
directed "The Story of Louis Pasteur," one of 
the Film Daily Ten Best Pictures of 1936. 

DISNEY, WALT 

b. Chicago, Dec. 5, 1901 ; engaged in commer- 
cial art in Chicago and Kansas City, 1919 to 
1922 ; produced a series of seven cartoons for 
Pictorial Clubs, Inc.; 1923-1926 produced Alice 
comedies, a combination of live actors and 
cartoons, for Winkler Pictures, releasing through 
state rights and FBO ; created and produced 
first 26 Oswald cartoons, 1927; began making 
"Mickey Mouse" cartoons in sound in May, 
1928 ; released through state rights until Febru- 
ary, 1930 ; through Columbia Pictures, including 
Silly Symphony Cartoons ; released through 
United Artists 1932 to 1936-1937; now releasing 
through RKO ; has completed "Snow White 
and the Seven Dwarfs," feature cartoon in Tech- 
nicolor. 



DOUGLAS, GORDON 

b. New York City, Dec. 15, 1907; educ. in New 
York City and Melford, Conn.; started in pic- 
tures with Paramount in New York in 1928; 
came to Hal Roach Studio in 1929; worked in 
various studio capacities; now directing "Our 
(^lang" shorts for Hal Roach. 



DUPONT, E. A. 



b. Germany, son of prominent Berlin editor ; 
graduate of Berlin University ; followed career 
in journalism holding editorship of leading Berlin 
evening paper; initiated cinema criticism in Ger- 
many for his paper in 1915; achieved director- 
ship in German films in 1918 after writing about 
50 scenarios; since then has directed more than 
40 features some of which gained international 
success, for Ufa, British International, Pathe- 
Natan, Paris; Universal Pictures, Hollywood; 
director of "Variety," with Emil Jannings and 
Lya de Putti ; voted one of the Ten Best Di- 
rectors of 1927 in Film Daily's annual poll of 
newspaper critics ; made the first European talk- 
ing picture "Atlantic" in three languages, Eng- 
lish French and German ; others include "Moulin 
Rouge," "Piccadilly," with Anna May Wong 
and Gilda Grey, "fwo Worlds," "The Ancient 
Law" ; was the first director to bring the follow, 
ing personalities to the screen : Charles Laugh- 
ton, Francis Lederer, William Dieterle, Henri 
Garat, Willy Forst and Victor de Kowa; was 
with M-G-M, Universal, Paramount; now with 
Major Pictures. 

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DWAN, ALLAN 

b. Toronto, Can. ; educ. Notre Dame, Ind. ; 
civil engineer ; theatrical career, stage actor ; 
hrst film work obtained by writing and selhng 
scenario to Essanay ; American Film Co., San 
Diego, Cal., as scenarist, scenario editor and 
director, for three years ; directed for Selznick, 
Goldwyn, Triangle, C. K. Young Prod., Louise 
Glaum Prod., then organized own company ; 
Associated Exhibitors ; American Releasing 
Corp., United Artists (Fairbanks' "Robin 
Hood"), and Paramount, switching in 1926 to 
Fox, and later to First Nat'l ; returned to Fox 
early in 1929 ; M-G'-M ; 1930, directed Gloria 
Swanson in "What A Widow" ; now with 20th 
Century-Fox.; hobbies; all athletics; member 
N.Y.A.C. 

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EASON, REEVES ("BREEZY") 

b. 1891, Fryars Point, Miss.; educ. Calif.; 
from the produce business in Calif., to acting 
in slock and vaudeville; 1913, joined American 
Film Co., director; with Norwood Prod, aa 
author-producer-actor ; directed for Universal, 
Fox, M-G-M, Waldorf Prod., and again with 
Universal ; made chariot sequences in "Ben 
Hur" for M-G-M, 1925 ; worked for various 
units in 1927-28 and free-lancing in 1929-30; 
1931, directed several for Mascot Pictures; haa 
made over 200 films, including shorts and 
features; now with Warner Bros.; hobbies: ten 
nis, golf, fishing, hunting. 
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EDWARDS, HENRY 

b. Weslonsuper-Mare, Sept. 18, 1882; made hii 
screen debut in 1915 with the old Hepworth 
company; wrote, directed and acted in many 
stage plays; directed for British International 
Pictures, Stoll, Neo-Art, Warner Bros. -First Na- 
tional-London, Paramount-British ; recently di- 
rected for Twickenham. 

ELLIOT, CLYDE E. 

b. Old, Nebraska, July 23; educ. at the Univer- 
sity of Nebraska at Lincoln ; went into news- 
paper work at Lincoln; entered motion pic- 
ture field in 1920 as director of short sub- 
jects; made a number of travel and adventure 
films, well acquainted in Europe, Southern Amer- 
ica, Asia and the Arctic Circle; engaged to 
direct the Knute Rockne football pictures in 
1930, his own idea; as a result of this success 
was chosen by R.K.O. executives to go into the 
Malaysian jungle to make "Bring 'Em Back 



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Alive"; August 1932, signed by Fox to filni 
an adventure story in jungles of India ; directed 
for Fox; now producing "Boo Loo" in Asia for 
Paramount. 

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ELVEY, MAURICE 

1). Nov. 11, 1887, in England; went on the 
stage in 1905; toured the English Provinces for 
three years in dramas and comedies; made his 
first appearance on Broadway in 1910; since 1913 
has devoted himself almost entirely to screen 
productions, although he acted in a revival in 
London, in 1917; has produced more than 100 
features in Hollywood, Berlin, Paris. 

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EMERSON, JOHN 

1). Sandusky, Ohio; educ. Oberlin College, West- 
ern Reserve University, Heidelberg University, 
Chicago University, Dramatic School of the 
Chicago Musical College, American Academy of 
Dramatic Arts, New York; acted and produced 
plays for Charles and Daniel Frohman, William 
Harris, Mrs. Fiske, Clyde Fitch, Shuberts and 
others; general stage director, writer and actor 
for Cliarles Frohinan, 1912-1914; starred in mo- 
tion pictures with Famous Players and D. W. 
Griffith, 1914-1916; directed motion pictures for 
Triangle, Paramount, Douglas Fairbanks, and 
Joseph M. Schenck, 1916-1923; wrote and pro- 
duced for the stage; was a producer for Metro- 
Goldwyn-Mayer ; now with Samuel Goldwyn ; 
member Lambs, Players, Lotos, Coffee House 
Clubs, New York ; Everglades, Bath and Tennis, 
and Seminole, Palm Beach ; Bel Air, Los Angeles. 

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ENGEL, SAMUEL G. 

b. Woodridge, New York, Dec. 29, 1905; educ. 



attended High School at Fleischman's, New 
York, B. S. from Union College, Schenectady, 
New York, PharD degree Columbia; associated 
with Engel Bros. Drug Stores of New York 
City; came to Hollywood in 1930, as second 
assistant director at Warner Bros.; then first 
assistant director, then reader in story depart- 
ment; went with Darryl Zanuck to United Artists 
and then to 20th Century- Fox; wrote screenplays; 
now associate producer for 20th Century-Fox. 

ENRIGHT, RAY 

b. 1896, Anderson, Ind. ; started as a cutter on 
Chaplin pictures about 1912, for Mack Sennett ; 
became editor-in-chief of all comedies after four 
years and also served as gagman ; saw service 
in the army during the war ; on return, signed 
with Ince to direct ; under contract to Warner 
Bros. ; hobby : golf. 

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ESTABROOK, HOWARD 

b. Detroit, Mich.; educ. Detroit high schools, 
Irving grammer school at New York; stage ex- 
perience with Charles Frohman, Comedy Theatc/, 
London, Lee Shubcrt, Wagenhall and Kempner, 
Charles Dillingham and Rex Beach; wrote vaude- 
ville sketch, three act play; stage director for 
many plays; also played on the screen; wrote 
the scenarios for many important pictures; wrote 
the screen play for "David Copperfield" voted 
the best picture of 1935; also "Cimarron" voted 
best picture of 1931; also wrote the screen play 
on "Bill of Divorcement" chosen as one of the 
ten best in 1932; and "Hell's Angels" which 
was chosen one of the ten best of 1930; with 
Paramount as a producer and writer. 



CHARLES FRANCIS RIESNER 



CHUCK TO YOU 



NOW DIRECTING FOR PARAMOUNT 



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FAIRBANKS, JERRY 

b. San Francisco, Calif., Nov. 1, 1904; started 
in picture business as projectionist in 1919; re- 
mained in this capacity until 1923 when he was 
chief projectionist at Clune's Broadway in Los 
Angeles; took up camera work in 1924 went 
with several independent productions as camera- 
man; worked with most of the major companies 
in this capacity; in 1929, started producing shorts 
independently and in 1930 went with Universal, 
producing "The Strange As It Seems" series for 
this company until 1934; during this period also 
produced the "Battle For Life" series for Edu- 
cational; latter part of 1934, produced a fea- 
ture picture; in 1935, in conjunction with Robert 
Carlisle, formed the Scientific Films, Inc. to pro- 
duce shorts for Paramount; chief among these 
being the Popular Science series which are now 
in their third year with this company ; also 
producing several single reel shorts, primarily 
for Paramount also. 

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FANCHON 

b. Los Angeles ; sister of Marco and Rube 
Wolf; began career with Marco in dancing act; 
under firm name of Fanchon and Marco, pro- 
duced revues at Tait's Restaurant in San Fran- 
cisco, which led to production of stage shows for 
motion picture theaters all over the United 
States; firm also acquired operation of the 
theaters throughout the country; 1936, signed by 
Adolph Zukor to act in advisory capacity in pic- 
ture production ; shortly afterward, was made 
full-fledged producer at Paramount, first woman 
producer of major motion pictures. 
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FARROW, JOHN 

b. Sydney, Australia, Feb. 10, 1904; educ. Aus- 
tralia, England and Europe ; followed the sea 
while doing novel, short story and magazine 
article writing; motion picture career 1929, 
joined Famous Players as a writer ; did screen 
work in Europe as director and writer; 1933, 
with M-G-M as director and writer ; was under 
contract to M-G-M; now directing for Warner 
Bros.; Fellow — Royal Geographical Society, Fel- 
low — Royal Empire Society, Officer — Crown of 
Roumania, Chevalier of Nichan Iftikhar (France), 
Medalia Homage (Spain). 

FEIST, FELIX E. 

b. New York, Feb. 28, 1906; h. 5 feet, 11 
inches; black hair and brown eyes; w. 169 
pounds; p. Felix F. and Bertha E. Feist; educ. 
Amherst College, Columbia University ; m. ; 
hobby : photography and golf ; was film sales- 
man, M-G-M ; newsreel cameraman, International 
News; as.sociate producer. Burton Holmes 
Travelogues. M-G-M, 1930; director of tests, 
M-G-M, 1931-1933; directed for RKO ; 1933- 
1934 M-G-M. 

FEJOS. PAUL 

b. Budapest ; educ. Royal Hungarian Univer- 
sity and a graduate physician ; co-designer of 
the Royal Hungarian Opera House and long 
connected with the Hungarian stage; made 
many motion pictures in Hungary prior to 
arrival in America six or seven years aifO ; made 
temporary return to medicine as bacteriologist 
at the Rockefeller Institute, New York ; then 
call of the theater became too strong ; assisted 
Theater Guild in staging of one play and 
shortly thereafter started for Hollywood ; made 
"The Last Moment" independently ; attracted 
attention at Universal and long-term contract 
followed; first Universal effort, "Lonesome" in 
1928 followed by "Broadway" in 1929; later 
with M-G-M ; now free-lancing ia Europe. 
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FELD, MILTON H. 

b. Kansas City. .Vov. 17, 18''2: m. ; was in 



jewelry, optical business ; started in motion pic- 
ture industry in 1907, small neighborhood thea- 
ter as sideline; salesman for N'itagraph, 1912; 
branch manager and district manager for Uni- 
versal in Kansas City, Mo. ; left distribution 
business 1912; associated with Frank L. New- 
man, as managing director of Newman, Royal 
Regent, and 12th Street Theaters, Kansas City, 
Mo. ; sold to Paramount, 1924, after which was 
managing director of Metropolitan, Million Dol- 
lar and Rialto Theaters in Los Angeles for 
Paramount; 1925, in charge of Publix de luxe 
operations in United States ; resigned in Dec, 
1932, to organize Monarch Theaters, Inc., with 
D. J. Chatkin and Harry Katz ; resigned presi- 
dency of Monarch, Nov., 1935, to enter motion 
picture production at 20th Century-Fox Film 
Corp.; 1936-1937 associate producer. 

FELIX, SEYMOUR 

b. New York City, Oct. 23, 1892; made his 
stage debut as an amateur at the age of nine; 
at the age of 15 got a partner and appeared in 
vaudeville; staged the dances for many legit 
shows; dance director for Fox Film Corp., oni 
year; director for Fox Films, for one year 
produced; dance director for M-G-M. 

FESSIER, MICHAEL 

b. 1905, Angeles Camp, Calif.; reporter and 
editor of newspapers in San Francisco, Long 
Beach and other California towns; wrote a 
novel published here and in England; authored 
a number of short stories; entered motion pic- 
ture with M-G-M in 1934, as scenario writer; 
was an associate producer at M-G-M ; now pro- 
ducing at same studio and contributing to 
national magazines. 

FEYDER, JACQUES 

Age 41, b. Brussels; went to Paris in his youth 
and wrote comedies, became interested in pic- 
tures in 1912 and later became assistant to 
Ravel, director, at the old Gaumont Studios; 
during the war made a propaganda picture for 
the French Government and was decorated 
with the Legion of Honor ; his first picture for 
M-G-M was a silent with Greta G'arbo, "The 
Kiss," which he wrote and directed ; directed 
"Le Spectre Viert," French picture ; was under 
contract to M-G-M ; now directing in France. 

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FIELDS, LEONARD H. 

b. New York City, in 190(); educ. Clark Prep. 
school and Columbia University ; was stage 
manager for Cohan and Harris ; production 
manager for Whitman H. Bennett Picture 
Prods. ; scenario editor. Universal : directed 
"The Comedian," which will be released by 
Paramount ; also wrote the scenario for "The 
Comedian" ; was directing in the Orient ; now 
producing for Republic. 

FIER, JACK 

b. Brooklyn, New York; educ. Brooklyn public 
schools and Boys high school; served in U. S. 
Navy during war; joined Film Daily as assistant 
advertising manager in 1918; joined National 
Screen Service in 1924 as manager Los Angeles 
office; left National Screen in 1933 to organize 
Supreme Screen Service, which was sold to 
Consolidated Film Industries in 1933; left Con- 
solidated in May, 1934, to join Mascot Pictures; 
became executive business manager of Repub- 
lic Studios in May, 1936; now an associate pro- 
ducer at Columbia ; member of Masons, Shriners, 
Long Beach Consistory (Masonic), and Elks. 
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FINEMAN. B. P. 
b. New York City, Feb. 22, 1895; educ. grade 
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College of New York ; newspaper work on the 
editorial staff of the New York "Press," estab- 
lished and edited a motion picture department ; 
joined the war; on discharge held the rank of 
first lieutenant ; joined Paramount and became 
a sales promotion manager; later formed a com- 
pany with Hyman Abrams, New York theatrical 
personage, to star Katherine MacDonald ; sold 
his interest to B. P. Schulberg and produced 
independently for the state right market ; later 
was general manager for FBO ; produced pic- 
tures that developed such stars as Evelyn Brent 
and Fred Thomson ; an independent producer 
with First National; 1926, executive assistant to 
B. P. Schulberg at Paramount ; 1928 produced 
for Paramount ; 1929, toured Europe and on his 
return joined M-G-M ; owns a 275 acre farm at 
Goshen; 193 5 joined Paramount again as an 
associate producer ; now producing in England ; 
hobby : fencing. 

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FITZMAURICE, GEORGE 

b. 1888. Paris; studied art in Paris for four 
years ; made tour of the world ; screen career 
started with Kleine. then with Pathe as a 
writer of originals; with Pathe six years; 1918, 
joined Paramount to direct ; partnership with 
Samuel Goldwyn ; 1930-31-32 with M-G-M and 
United Artists; 1934 — Fox; since 1935, under 
contract to M-G-M ; selected one of the ten best 
directors of 1928-29 in "Film Daily Annual Poll." 

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FITZPATRICK, JAMES A. 

b. 1895. .Shelton, Conn.; educ. : Yale and Froh- 
man Academy ; earlier career in newspaper field 
and on the stage ; has written and directed since 
1915. including Prizma color films; "Great 
American Authors,' "Great American States- 



men," "Famous Musicians," "Famous Melo- 
dies," etc. ; is a pioneer producer of films with 
synchronized music, having inaugurated the 
"Famous Music Masters" in 1924; produces 
through his own company, organized in 1924, 
releases through M-G-M. 

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FLAHERTY, ROBERT J. 

b. Iron Mountain, Mich. ; educ. Michigan Col- 
lege of Mines ; spent several years in explora- 
tion work. West Coast of Vancouver Isle and 
North Canada ; headed four expeditions for 
Sir Wm. Mackenzie through Hudson Bay, 
Northern Ungava and Baffin's Land ; made sub- 
Arctic expedition for material for "Nanook of 
the North," 1920-21 ; expedition to Samoan 
Isles, spent year there making "Moana" for 
Famous; collaborated with Maude Adams in 
development of new color photography process ; 
with M-G-M in 1927-28; co-producing in 1929 
with F. W. Murnaii for Cnlorprt SyiiclirdlniK 
Pictures; now directing in England. 
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FLEMING, VICTOR L. 

b. Feb.. 1888. Pasadena, Cal.; educ. Los An 
geles public and high schools ; automobile racing 
driver, competing in Vanderbilt Cup races ; be- 
tween races, became cameraman and worked 
for American Studios, Santa Barbara ; learned 
directorial technique and worked with Kalem. 
Griffith, Fairbanks, Allan Dwan, at Fine Arts, 
Artcraft. Talmadge Prod.. Jolm Emerson PrnH.. 
First National, Paramount ("Rough Riders") 
made several pictures for U. S. Gov't during 
World War, iticlnding Wilson's trip to Eirnne. 
returning to Hollywood in 1919; made "Way 
of All Flesh" for Paramount, with Jannings, in 



E. A. DUPONT 



Directed in 1937 

(January — July) 

For Paramount 

Nip /it of Mystery 

For Major Pictures 

(Emanuel Cohen, Paramount Release) 

On S^c^ ^ Islight 
Love on ^oast 



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1927, selected one of the ten best pictures of 
tliat year in "The Film Daily's" Annual Poll ; 
selected one of the best directors of 1928 in 
"The Film Daily" Annual Ballot; continued 
with Paramount in 1928-29; 1935 directed for 
Fox; now with M-G-M ; member Academy of 
M. P. Arts and Sciences; hobbies: hunting, 
fishing. 

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FLOOD, JAMES 

b. 1895, New York; educ. N. Y. ; screen ex- 
perience commenced about 1912 with Biograph 
as assistant, became a director ; went to Lon- 
don and worked for Gaumont Films ; returning 
to America, joined World Film, then Goldwyn, 
Fox, Warner Bros., First National, Universal ; 
contract with Tiffany-Stahl in 1928-29 ; direct- 
ing for Columbia in 1930, later with Liberty 
Prods. ; was with Warner Bros., Fox and Para- 
mount ; directed for Walter Wanger Prods. ; 
directed in England; directed for Major Pictures; 
now free-lancing. 

FLOREY, ROBERT 

b. Paris, Sept. 14, 1900 ; educ. French and Swiss 
colleges ; started with Max Linder and Gaumont 
in France; came to Hollywood in 1921; directed 
for Columbia, TifTany, Sterling and Universal ; 
directed his first sound pictures for Paramount 
in New York where he made features and short 
subjects ; later went to France with Guitry, to 
England, Spain and Germany at the UFA 
Studios ; back to Hollywood to write and 
direct for Universal ; made several pictures for 
K. B. S. ; joined Warner Bros, in 1932; di- 
rected 20 features for Warner Bros., -First Na- 
tional; went to China to shoot locations for 
"Skipper of the Ishpahan" and "Oil for the 
Lamps of China" ; now with Paramount. 

FORD, JOHN 

h. 1895, Portland. Me. : educ. University of 
Maine; stage mechanic for a short time; July, 
1914, joined Universal, directing two; Fox, 
about 1917; made "Iron Horse," "Mother Ma- 
chree," "Four Sons," "Hangman's House," et 
al. ; his "Four Sons" was selected one of Ten 
Best Pictures in 1928 in "Film Daily" Annual 
Poll ; directed "Arrowsmith," voted one of the 
Ten Best Pictures of 1932 in the "Film Daily" 
Annual Poll of critics; directed "The Informer," 
one of the Film Daily Ten Best Pictures for 
1935; now with 20th Century-Fox and 
Renowned Artists ; member Academy of Arts and 
Sciences ; hobbies : Golf and fishing. 
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FORDE, EUGENE ("GENE") 

1). 1898, Providence, R. I.; in legit at five; ap- 
peared in plays with Mary Pickford, Blanche 
Sweet, William S. Hart; left stage when nine 
years old to enter Classen Point Military Aca- 
demy, New York; entered pictures playing 
juvenile leads with American Film Co., aban- 
doning pictures for five years for other occupa- 
tions, including that of bank teller in Holly- 
wood; returned to films as a script clerk; com- 
menced directing in 1926 working on two-reelers ; 
directed three Tom Mix pictures for Fox ; three 
for F. B. O. ; directed shorts for United Artists 
in 1930; now with 20th Century-Fox; hobby: 
amateur camera work. 

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FOSTER, LEWIS R. 

b. Brookfieid, Mo., Aug. 5, 1900; educ. Berkeley 
high school and University of Chicago; stage ex- 
perience started as a schoolboy, dressing stage, 
messenger and call hoy, in many theaters in San 
Francisco, and Oakland; then went to Hollywood 
to become a writer for the studios; was with 
Hal Roach as set dresser, one year a prop man, 
then assistant director, then casting and assistant 
in production to F. Richard Jones; went to United 
Artists with Jones, as personal assistant; returned 
to Roach Studio in the scenario department. 



writing; then directed Charles Chase and Harry 
Langdon; August, 1929, went to Darmour 
Studios; directed series of Karl Dane and George 
K. Arthur and Louise Fazenda comedies in 1930 ; 
did the screen plays for Paramount; in 1936, 
signed by Universal on a writing and directing 
contract ; still with Universal. 

FOSTER, NORMAN 

b. Richmond, Indiana, Dec. 13; writing plays, 
going with reporters to cover big news; on the 
stage and in many pictures; 1930-1931 was with 
Paramount; now directing for 20th Century-Fox. 

FOX, WALLACE 

b. Purcell, Okla. ; educ. West Texas Military 
Academy; trained with tent show as an actor; 
Served in the World War with the Suicide 
Fleet, chasing submarines ; entered pictures in 
1919 as assistant director with the Solax Com- 
pany, Fort Lee, N'. J. ; was assistant director at 
Brunton Studios ; directed ten silent features for 
FBO; twelve 2-reel talking comedies at Pathe ; 
directed six independent features ; now directing 
for RKO. 

FOY, BRYAN 

b. Dec. 1896, Chicago ; educ. Classon Point 
Military Academy, N. Y., De La Salle Insti- 
tute, New York ; parents both professionals ; 
started stage work with his father in 1897 ; 
toured U. S. and Canada in vaudeville from 
1913-17; one comedy with Sennett, 1915; sailor, 
U, S. Navy, World War ; discharged from ser- 
vice 1919 and rejoined family act; gag man for 
Chuck Reisner on two reel comedy ; with Fox as 
gag man, afterwards two-reel comedy director ; 
1924 organized own company, releasing through 
Universal ; gag man for Victor Schertzinger, 
then with Syd Chaplin and assistant to Reisner 
on Syd Chaplins for Warners ; produced two 
short reels in New York, 1926, returning to 
Coast for De Mille. acting as comedy construc- 
tionist; rejoined Warners, 1926 as feature di- 
rector, and in 1927-28 concentrated on Vita- 
phone product for Warners as chief of Vita- 
phone short production at Brooklyn studio, 1928- 
29 ; 1935 — joined Warners as a supervisor. 

FRANKLIN, CHESTER M. 

b. 1890, San Francisco educ. 'Frisco ; early 
career, cartoonist ; began with Keystone, direct- 
ing later for Majestic, Fine Arts, Fox, Realart, 
Paramount, Metro, First National, making sev- 
eral Norma Talmadges ; returned to M-G-M; 
in 1928, joined Ward Lascelle as co-producer 
for independent market ; was with M-G-M ; was 
with Paramount; now with Walt Disney; mem- 
ber Academy of M. P. Arts and Sciences and 
L. A. Athletic Club. 

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FRANKLIN, SIDNEY 

b. 189.!, San Francisco; educ. Frisco; acted 
for Selig, Bosworth, Majestic, Fine Arts, Fox, 
Norma Talmadge Co., First National; directed 
Jane and Katherine Lee ; later with Warners, 
then First National, making Norma Talmadge's 
films ; hobbies : motoring, swimming, golf, hunt- 
ing ; brother of Chester Franklin, also a di- 
rector, then M-G-M, United Artists and again 
M-G-M in 1928-29 under contract to M-G-M ; 
selected one of the ten best directors of 1929-30 
in annual "Film Daily" Poll ; directed "Smilin' 
Through" and "The Guardsman," selected as 
two of the Ten Best Pictures of 1932 in the 
"Film Daily" Poll; directed "Barretts of Wim- 
pole Street," selected one of the Ten Best Pic- 
tures of 1934 in the annual Film Daily poll; 
member Academy of M. P. Arts and Sciences, 
Hollywood. 

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FRASER, HARRY L. 

Director of more than a dozen Westerns in 
1926 for various indepedent producers; with in- 



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dependent units in 1927-28 and shorts for Sun- 
set Prod., Universal and others in 1928-29; 
wrote and directed for Tiffany ; directed for 
I'athc ; now fi ce-laiicing. 

T ▼ 

FREELAND, THORNTON 

Kiigageil in various production Inanches on 
West Coast ; assistant director with various pro- 
ducers ; assistant with Roland West on "Alibi" ; 
under contract to United Artists in 1929-30 ; 
directed for Fox, RKO and Sam Goldwyn ; now 
iree-.ancing in I'Jng.and. 

FRENCH, LLOYD A. 

b. San Francisco, in 1900; educated in San 
Francisco and Los Angeles public and high 
schools; entered the U. S. Artny at the age 
of 17 and fought overseas for 19 months; joined 
Hal Roach in 1920 and remained there for 10 
years; joined Pathe as a writer; later a direc 
tor with Louis Brock unit at Radio Pictures, 
was with Hal Roach; now with Warner Bros. 
Vitaphone Studios in Brooklyn, N. \'. 

T ▼ 

FRENKE. EUGEN 

h. White Russia, 39 years ago; edu. graduated 
in Moscow; Russian officer in the World War; 
first picture "The Girl in the Cage" with Jimmy 
Savo ; second for L'niversal ; directed in England ; 
now producing and directing for Grand Xation.'il. 

FRIEDGEN, RAYMOND 

b. 1896; legitimate and later a picture actor; 
appeared in stock three years, co leads with 
VVm. Farnum for A. H. Woods ; acted for 
Kalem, Biograph, Vitagraph, Famous, Pathe, 



Warners ; directed several independent produc- 
tions in the East in 1926-27, one, "Free 
Kisses," with Maunne Powers; in 1928, became 
associated with Roseland Pictures as executive 
and producer-director, making sound and silent 
shorts for company in 1928-29 in New York and 
Florida ; made a series of shorts for Broadway 
Talking Pictures ; was in London with Asso- 
c.ated Radio Pictures ; now producing and di- 
lecting for Grand National. 

FRIEDLANDER, LOUIS 

b. New York; educ. New York; amateui' theatri- 
cals; 12 years with Universal; assistant director 
six years ; story department, three years, scenario 
department, 1 year; Universal, New York office, 
two years ; returned to Hollywood as a director ; 
now under contract to RKO Radio. 

FUTTER. WALTER A. 

1). Omalia, Neb.. Jan. 2, 1900; educ. high school 
and university in Omaha ; three years in charge 
of editorial department of Cosmopolitan Produc- 
tions ; s'nce 1925 has been doing short subjects 
on his own ; has produced over 2.S0 short sub- 
jects, among which were five series of "Curiosi- 
ties," released by Educational. RKO, and Co- 
lumbia, two series of "Rare Bits" and "Curiosi- 
ties" for Pathe, and one series entitled "Nature's 
Melodies" ; now producitig "Curiosities" and 
"Travelaughs" with John P. Medbury for Co- 
kniibia distribution ; President of Wafilms, Inc., 
produced a Hoot Gibson series; now producing 
in England. ▼ T 

GARDNER, CYRIL 

b. in Paris ; raised and educated in New York 
City ; as a child gravitated to the theater and 
achieved walk-on parts while still in school ; at 
thirteen years of age appeared on screen as 



Usien U Lunceford! 



and you'll understand why this band 
has something to offer to the mo- 
tion picture screen which can be 
matched by no other orchestra! 



JIMMY LUNCEFORD 

And His Orchestra 

"rhythm is their business!" 



VITAPHONE SHORTS 
DECCA RECORDS 



Personal Management 

HAROLD F. OXLEY 

17 East 49th St., N. Y. 



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child actor; later became a film cutter, then 
Ince's right hand man; left Hollywood for two 
years but returned and immediately received 
first chance to direct a production of the north- 
west featuring Strongheart, the dog star; handled 
Paramount's first all-Spanish picture "The Ben- 
son Murder Case"; was with Universal; went to 
Knglaiiil ; now free-lancing in Hollywood. 



GARNETT, TAY 



b. Los Angeles ; served in U. S. Navy aviation 
service during the war, remaining in service 
after the Armistice, becoming acquainted with 
Alan Holubar, director, who purchased a story 
from Garnett ; persuaded by Holubar to leave 
aviation and join Holubar as scenarist ; joined 
Sennett later as title writer and story writer on 
Sennett comedies ; titled and directed comedies 
for Roach ; 1927, joined De Mille where be 
adapted "White Gold," directed by Wm. K. 
Howard ; made the screen play of "Skyscraper" 
and "The Cop" and wrote story and continuity 
of "Power" ; directed ''Celebrity'' ; remained with 
Pathe as director in 1928-29-30; was with Uni- 
versal, Warners and M-G-M; made a tour of 
the Orient gathering picture material; directed 
for 20th Century-Fox and Walter Wanger. 
T ▼ 

GASNIER. LOUIS J. 

b. 1882, Paris; stage actor, Paris, ten years; 
managed Paris theater began film work with 
Pathe Freres, Paris, holding post of general 
manager 14 years, ; and vice-president two years ; 
1916, organized Astra Film Corp. and produced 
picture with Fanny Ward ; later made three 
serials with Mrs. Vernon Castle ; released 
tlirough Pathe, N. S. ; March, 1919, organized 
Lew Cody Prod., supervised production and 
directed ; supervised and directed Dustin Far- 
num ; directed for Robertson-Cole, Preferred, Tif- 
fany Columbia ; signed by Paramount in April, 
1929; hobbies: reading, writing, driving; pro- 
duced Spanish features for Paramount Inter- 
national release, at Eastern Service Studio, 
Astoria ; now directing for George Hirliman. 



GAY, FRANK W. 



h. San Francisco, March 4, 1900; educ. San 
Francisco schools; 1915 joined Essanay as an 
actor ; handled props, was script clerk and later 
did stunts at Universal ; wrote originals for 
Johnny Hines features produced by C. C. Burr 
for First National ; was with Harry Joe Brown 
on the Fred Thompson and Reed Howes series; 
was on producing staff of William T. Lackey 
Prods., released through FBO ; joined Fox as a 
writer and remained there three and a half 
years; worked on scripts; co-directed with Don- 
ald Gallaher ; is producing a series for Condor 
to be released through Grand X'atirinal. 
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GENSLER. LEWIS E. 

b. New York City, Dec. 4, 1897; educ. public 
schools of that city ; entered the banking busi- 
ness upon graduating from high school and re- 
mained in it until he "couldn't stand it any 
longer"; love of music, led him into composing; 
Nora Bayes, famous Broadway star, became 
interested in his career afcer hearing some of 
his songs and took him to the Harms Publishing 
Company, then the largest musical publishing 
company in New York and there gave him hi-- 
start; a short time later, he wrote his first show: 
produced and directed about 22 shows in eight 
years; came to the Coast in 1934, received an 
oflfer from Paramount and although he had or- 
iginally intended to return to New York, he ac- 
cepted it and remained in Hollywood; collaborated 
in writing several musical scores and screen 
plays; after a trip East in the fall, of 1934, 
returned to Hollywood and signed with RKO; 



was signed by Paramount in April, 1935 as an 
associate producer ; now producing for Para- 
mount. 

GERING, MARION 

b. Rostoff on Don, South Russia, June 9 ; edu. 
studied stage craft and acting in the Russian 

school ; speaks five languages ; has traveled ex- 
tensively in Europe; thirteen years in theatrical 
enterprises ; adapter of numerous foreign stories 
into plays; favorite recreations: reading, rowing 
and driving automobiles; was under contract to 
Paramount ; now with Columbia. 
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GILROY, BERT 

b. May 7, 1899. Arizona; attended Hollywood 
High School; studied Mining Engineering at 
University of Arizona; was in Navy during 
World War; entered pictures in 1919 as prop 
man at Paramount ; was assistant director on 
several important pictures at Paramount until 
1925; business manager at Metropolitan Studios; 
joined Fred Thomson as business manager and 
was with Thomson until his death in 1928; be- 
came ill and spent a year on desert ; started all 
over again at Pathe Studios as assistant director; 
joined RKO in 1932 in short subject depart- 
ment as business manager; became Lou Brock's 
associate in short subject department ; became 
assistant to Lee Marcus in short subject de- 
partment ; now producing short subjects and 
also short subject director at RKO. 

GLAZER, BENJAMIN 

b. Belfast, Ireland; moved to Philadelphia while 
still a child ; educ. Central High School, Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania, from which he was 
graduated with L.L.M. degree; practiced law for 
four years ; during his legal practice wrote 
newspaper editorials for the Philadelphia press ; 
wrote a play which he titled "The Master," pro- 
duced by Mrs. H. B. Harris ; went to New 
Y'^ork to devote his time entirely to the theater ; 
first assignment came from Molnar for whom he 
adapted several plays ; went to Hollywood ; first 
work was for M-G-M ; did the scenarios for 
M-G-M and Fox; 1931 became associate pro- 
ducer with Paramount ; usually does a lion's 
share of the writing of the films he produces. 
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GOETZ, HARRY M. 

b. New York. Jan. 9, 1888; married; educ, New 
York Prep; New York University night school. 
Public Accounting; Started in 1909 as auditor for 
Crystal Film Co.; in Sept., 1911, went with War- 
ner Bros, as auditor; became assistant treas. of 
Warner Bros, and helped establish their national 
distributing organization in 1913; in 1914 with 
United Film .Service; in May. 1915, with Erbo- 
graph Co. as auditor and became vice-president 
of that company up to 1924 when it became 
part of Consolidated Film Industries, of which he 
became vice-president until Oct., 1928 ; then 
assistant treasurer and comptroller for Paramount 
Publix Corp., remaining with them until March. 
1932; in May 1932, organized Reliance Pictures, 
Inc., with Edward Small as president and treas- 
urer, released productions through United Artists ; 
in 1932, elected treasurer of Consolidated Film 
Industries, Inc.; resigning April 1, 1935; in 1937 
became associated with Max Gordon as president 
of the newly formed organization Max Gordon 
Plays and Pictures Corp. 
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GOETZ, WILLIAM 

b. New Y'ork City, March 24, 1903 ; educ. New 
York public schools and Pennsylvania College ; 
leaving college to take position in the film in- 
dustry ; was assistant producer for Corinne 
Griffith for three years ; was connected with 
M-G-M and Paramount in production capaci- 
ties; signed with Fox in April, 1930, as assistant 
producer; was assistant to Sol M. Wurtzel ; 1932, 
joined 20th Century Pictures as associate pro- 



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ducer ; his pictures include "The House of 
Rothschild" selected one of the ten best pic- 
tures of 1934 in the "Film Daily" Annual Poll; 
now an officer and production executive at 20th 
Century-Fox. 

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GOLDEN, MAX 

b. New York City on Christmas Day; educ. Col- 
lege of the City of New York where he studied 
accounting and foreign exchange ; went to work 
in 1914 as an assistant bookkeeper for the 
Greater New York Film Rental Company, head- 
ed by William Fox, and has been with same 
organization, now 20th Century-Fox, ever since; 
with the organization of Fox Film he was made 
traveling auditor, in charge of real estate and 
branch office personnel, selecting sites and pur- 
chasing the materials for exchange buildings ; 
following the war in which he served in the 
United States Navy, returned to Fox Film in 
1919, with the organization of Fox News; be- 
came its business manager; remained in this 
post until the construction of the Fox Studio 
on S5th Street in 1920 when he became business 
manager for the studio ; when Fox Film closed 
its New York studio in 1924, concentrating all 
production in California, he spent six months 
in the foreign department and then was sent 
to Hollywood; during the last 12 years has held 
a dozen positions at the studio, from head of 
the purchasing department — he purchased every 
item used in building the company's 110-acre 
Movietone City plant — to production manager; 
in 1932, the company's Hollywood studio was 
reopened with Sol M. Wurtzel in charge as 
executive producer ; Wurtzel appointed him pro- 
duction manager; in 1935, was made studio 



manager and also was appointed associate pro- 
ducer of a series of pictures featuring the Jones 
Family. 

GOLDIN, SIDNEY 

Spent several years in production in Europe, 
mostly in Russia; made "Yizkor," with Maurice 
Schwartz, which was result of trip to Amer- 
ica; to Hollywood early in 1926 and directed 
for independent producers, 1926-27 ; made "East 
Side Sadie" in 1929 ; all work in East ; has 
made Yiddish talkers ; now free-lancing on the 
Coast. 

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GOLDSMITH, KEN 

b. New York City, August 27, 1899; educ. Pre- 
paratory School and New York University ; en- 
tered picture business in 1927, produced shorts 
for RKO release; 1934, produced for Mascot 
release; 1935, produced for Universal; produced 
Goldsmith Productions for independent market ; 
was with Reliance ; now with Monogram. 

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GOLDSTEIN, LEONARD 

b. May 28, 1903, Bisbee, Ariz.; educ. L. A. 
1924-8 produced stage shows for Frank L. New- 
man at Million Dollar and Metropolitan Thea- 
ters in Los Angeles; 1928, went to New York 
with Jack Partington to inaugurate stage shows 
at Paramount Theater for Paramount Publix ; 
1933-36, executive assistant to Ben Goetz of 
Consolidated Film Industries in Hollywood; 1936, 
joined George Hirliman as general manager and 
vice-president, discovered and engineered the start 
of Bing Crosby, Donald Novis, Phil Harris and 
Leah Ray's careers; now with Coronet Pictures. 



OTTO L PREMINGER 



Director 



20th CENTURY-FOX 



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GOLDSTONE, PHIL 

Independent motion picture producer and active 
in financing independents on the Coast for many 
years; 1933, produced for Majestic; joined 
M-G-M in 1934 as an associate producer; now 
an independent producer. 

GOLDWYN, SAMUEL 

h. Warsaw. Poland. Aug. 22, 1884; at the age 
of eleven emigrated to America; first employ- 
ment was in a glove factory in Gloversville, N. 
v.; by the time he was 17 was in charge of a 
shop employing more than 100 men; became 
salesman for the company two years later and 
soon after was made a partner ; came to New 
York, formed a partnership with Jesse Lasky, 
and founded the Lasky company, each partner 
subscribing half of the original $20,000 cash 
capital; first picture was "The Squaw Man"; 
1917, was instrumental in effecting the $25,000,- 
000 Famous Players-Lasky merger, and became 
chairman of the board of the new company ; or- 
ganized Goldwyn Pictures Corp. in 1918 and 
became president and chief owner; sold his in- 
terests to Metro and again became an independent 
producer; following year was elected an owner- 
member of ITnited Artists Corporation by the 
other members ; credited with discovering more 
per.sonalities than any producer on the screen ; 
now is president of Samuel Goldwyn, Inc., one 
of the owner-members of United Artists Corp. 

T T 

GOULDING, ALF 

1). Melbourne. Australia; educ. Melbotirne ; 25 
years in the show business with the J. C. Wil- 
liamson Polar Opera Co., touring the world; 
toured Orpheum Circuit in an act for three 
years ; stage direction with Oliver Morosco ; 
stock one year, opposite Marie Dressier; 1916. 
joined Fox and became .short subject director, 
making three comedies ; directed Harold Lloyd 
over a year ; made short reel comedies fot 
Rolin, Universal, Pathe ; developed into feature 
director, working for L^niversal, M-G-M ; di- 
rected Harry Langdon's first pictures and Lloyd 
Hamilton; 1929, free-lancer; directed Christie 
shorts; was under contract to Warners Eastern 
Vitaphone Studio; directed for RKO ; now free- 
lancing in England. 

GOULDING EDMUND 

b. 1891, Great Britain; commenced career at the 
age of 12 on the London stage; acted, wrote, 
directed stage plays and vaudeville headliners 
until World War; served in war; upon its ter- 
mination came to United States ; entered motion 
pictures; distinguishing himself in turn as sce- 
nario writer for Joseph Schenck and others ; nov- 
elist ; author of "Fury"; wrote stage play "Danc- 
ing Mothers" with Edgar Selwyn ; wrote for 
Richard Barthelmess ; originals and adaptations ; 
wrote for Mae Murray; joined M-G-M as writer 
and director in 1925, for whom he directed 
"Sally, Irene and Mary," "Love" etc.; came to 
New York to study development of sound films 
at the Fox-Case Labs; made the original experi- 
mental tests at the ref|uest of Adolph Zukor; 
returned to M-G-M ; created and wrote "The 
Broadway Melody" ; obtained by Gloria Swanson 
Productions, where he wrote, directed and com- 
posed "The Trespasser" ; went to Paramount 
where he wrote, directed and composed the 
"Devil's Holiday" ; compo.ser of "Love, Your 
Magic Spell," 'IMoanin' for You," "Along in 
the Rain," "Molly," 'You Are a Song," 1930-31, 
directed "Reaching for the Moon" (XJ. A.) and 
"Night Angel" (Paramount) ; directed "Granci 
Hotel"; was under contract to M-G-M; now 
with Warner Bros. 

GRAINGER. JAMES EDMUND 

b. New York, Oct. 1, 1906; educ. St. Xavier 



Academy, later at Fordham University; gradu- 
ated with honors; sold pictures for Samuel Gold- 
wyn during last years of college; remained with 
Goldwyn for two years after graduation; 1926, 
decided to enter production end of motion pic- 
tures; came to West Coast and was affiliated with 
Fox in various capacities; 1930, was made asso- 
ciate producer; handled George O'Brien pictures 
for two years; resigned Fox in July, 1933, and 
on August 1 became associated with Universal ; 
since at Universal. 

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GREEN, ALFRED E. 

b. 1894, Perris, Cal. ; two years in stock; started 
with Selig, 1912; director for same firm, 1926; 
joined Harry Garson as assistant, becoming a 
director and signed with Goldwyn; later with 
Mary Pickford. Paramount, First National, Fox; 
1928-29 with Warners; directed "Disraeli" voted 
best picture of 1929 in "Film Daily" Poll; se- 
lected one of the ten best directors of 1929-30 
in annual "Film Daily" Poll; was under con- 
tract to Warners and Columbia ; now with Mer- 
vyn Le Roy-Warner Bros. ; hobbies : home and 
his family; member Academy of M. P. Arts and 
Sciences, and M. P. D. A., Hollywood. 

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GREEN, HOWARD J. 

b. San Francisco. March 20, 1893; educ. Lowell 
High School and Hastings Law College, San 
Francisco ; reporter on the San Francisco Daily 
News, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, International 
News Service, New York Evening Journal ; 
assistant editor New York Clipper ; managing 
editor Theatre World ; member of vaudeville 
producing firm of Hocky and Green, New 
York, and produced headline acts for the Keith 
and Orpheum Circuits; has written countless 
stories for the screen; 1934, produced for RKO 
Radio; was under contract to Paramount; was 
writing and producing for Columbia ; now free- 
lancing. 

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GREGOR, ARTHUR 

b. 1885, Vienna; graduate of Architect's Uni- 
versity; officer in 3rd Regiment of Austrian 
Lancers; a military attache for Austria during 
one of Balkan Wars; became South American 
distributor for Sascha Film Corp.. of Vienna; 
organized own production company and directed 
in Central Europe, same time handling Central 
European distribution of Metro Pictures; to 
Hollywood 1925, directed for Chadwick and, in 
1927-28, for Tiflfany-Stahl ; with Pathe in 1928- 
29; free-lancing in 1930; was with M-G-M; now 
free-lancing. 

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GREY, HARRY 

b. April 1, 1904, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; attended 
Manual Art High School and New York Uni- 
versity ; worked for Irving Berlin Publishing 
Co. as a pianist ; was accompanist for Maurice 
Chevalier, Harry Fox and other vaudeville head- 
liners ; returned to music publishing business ; 
was active in radio ; managing director for 
Brunswick Recording Company ; musical director 
for Republic ; now producing for Republic. 

GRIFFITH, E. H. 

b. August 23, 1894, Lynchburg, Va. ; educ. Eng- 
land, Munich ; spent five years reporting edi- 
torial work magazine and feature writer; wrote 
stage plays ; studied art in Munich ; actor in stock ; 
wrote scenarios and acted for Edison in 1915-16; 
directed two-reelers and afterwards, all fea- 
tures ; worked for Associated Exhibitors. First 
National, Pathe, Paramount; 1927, Columbia, 
Paramount, Pathe-DeMille ; 1928-29-30. Pathe; 
directed "Holiday," voted one of the Ten Best 
Pictures of 1930 in the "Filnt Daily" poll ; now 
directing for 20th Century-Fox ; specialist in 
color photography; member Lambs' Club, New 
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GRIFFITH, RAYMOND 

b. Boston, Jan. 23, 1895; educ. St. Anselems, 
Manchester, N. H. ; 1914, with Vitagraph and 
Kalem Comedies; 1915, Goldwyn dramas; 1917 
to 1921, Mack Sennett Comedies, writing and 
directing; 1922, witli Marshall Neilan, Universal 
and Goldwyn dramas; 1923-1927, Paramount 
comedies ; 1933, supervised for Warner Brothers ; 
joined 20th Century in 1933 as associate pro- 
ducer; his pictures include "The House of Roth 
schild," voted one of the Ten Best Pictures in 
1934 in the "Film Daily" Annual Poll. 

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GRINDE. NICK 

b. Madison, Wis. ; educ. : Univ. of Wisconsin ; 
entered films as assistant director for M-G-M in 
1924; started directing in 1927; has also done 
publicity work for vaudeville and revue stars ; in 
1928-29 made numerous shorts for M-G'-M in 
the East, returning to Culver City for features 
in 1929 ; 1935, made two features for Universal, 
one for Mascot and M-G-M shorts; now direct- 
ing features for Warner Bros. 

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GRUNE, KARL 

li. in Vienna; devoted himself to dramatic art 
after completing his school years, was chosen 
scholar of the Imperial Academy of Art in Vien- 
na; played in all the smaller provincial theaters 
in Australia and then returned to Vienna where 
he joined People's Theater as an actor and pro- 
ducer: joined Max Reinhardt in Berlin and it 
was at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin that he 
became interested in film work; started with Ufa 
as a producer; later produced in partnership 
with Max Schach; 1931, went to Munich for Em- 
elka and was appointed chief producer; now 
producing in England. 



GUIOL, FRED 



b. 1898, San Francisco ; began as "prop" boy 
with D. W. Grififith in "Hearts of the World," 
about 1919; joined Hal Roach in 1921 in same 
capacity and has been engaged in almost every 
production post on the Roach lot, finally di- 
rectorship ; began directing 1923 ; made series 
with Glenn Tryon, released through Pathe, by 
Roach, and then put in charge of the Roach 
"All-Star" unit; a free-lancer on West Coast in 
1928-29; directed shorts for Pathe in 1930-31; 
was directing for RKO ; now free-lancing. 

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HACKEL, A. W. 

b. Krakow, Austria. June 21, 1882; came to 
United States in 1889; on stage for several years; 
first picture production in 1930 ; now producing 
the John Mack Brown and Bob Steele pictures ; 
1936, produced 16 features for Republic release. 

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HALL. ALEXANDER 
b. Boston, Mass. ; educ. attended public schools 
and Columbia I ni\er^ity; w^< on sta-;e since 
the age of four and one-half years ; entered 
motion picture at nineteen with Eclair company 
with Thanhauser in first serial ever made, "The 
Million Dollar Mystery" ; enlisted in World 
War in the Navy ; returned to pictures after 
the war as assistant director ; later joined Para- 
mount and co-directed with Henry Kolker on a 
series of pictures starring Alice Brady; with 
First National completed direction of Barbara 
LaMarr picture "Sandra," remained with her 
until her death ; became head of cutting de- 
partment for First National until 1931 ; joined 
Paramount as film editor and then was assigned 



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to assist on the direction of "Sinners in the 
Sun" as a result of his work was given a 

contract with Paramount; now with Columbia. 

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HALPERIN, EDWARD R. 

b. Chicago, May 12, 1908; educ. graduated North- 
western University; prior to entering into pic- 
tures, was in the agency advertising business, 
and was also connected with newspapers; has 
produced for United Artists, Paramount, First 
National, Warner Bros., Vitagraph, Associated 
Exhibitors, Universal and other releases. 
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HALPERIN, VICTOR HUGO 
b. 1894, Chicago ; educated in Chicago Univer- 
sity, received PHB degree; literary associate 
1)1 Klliert Hulil)aid; produced and tlirected loi 
First National and United Artists ; was asso- 
ciated with Inspiration Pictures; produced and 
directed "The Party Girl" ; now producing and 
directing independently. 

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HAMMERSTEIN, OSCAR, II 

b, July 12, 1895, Xew York City; educ. at Co- 
lumbia, U.A. degree; also studied law, but left 
to enter the theater ; became stage manager for 
his uncle, Arthur Hammerstein ; wrote book and 
lyrics for many shows; Hollywood in 1930 for 
Warner Bros.,; returned East; in 1934 came to 
Coast and worked for M-G-M, Paramount and 
Universal ; now writing and producing for 
Columbia. 

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HARMAN, HUGH 

b. Pagosa Springs, Colo. ; educ. Kansas City ; 
1922, cartoonist with Rudolph Ising and Walt 
Disney in Kansas City; 1925, with Ising to 
California working for Disney; 1930, with 
Ising, organized Harnian-Ising, producing "Mer- 
rie Melodies" and "Looney Tunes" for Warner 
release; produced a series of "Happy Har- 
monies" for M-G-M release. 

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HARRIS, ROBERT 

b. Philadelphia, Feb. 2, 1895 ; educ. University 
of Pennsylvania ; advertising manager of Na- 
tional Cash Register Co.. Dayton ; head of re- 
cording dept. at Columbia Phonographic Com- 
pany ; scenario editor at M-G-M ; scenario editor 
at Universal ; producer at Paramount ; producer 
at Universal ; was with David L. Loew Pro- 
ductions. 

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HATHAWAY, HENRY 

b. Sacramento, Calif., 1898 ; educ. Los Angeles 
schools; entered pictures in 1910, acting for 
the American Film Co., acted for Universal for 
four years ; was with the old Goldwyn Company 
for two years ; was at Paramount for 12 years 
as an assistant director ; now under contract to 
Paramount as a director ; directed "The Lives 
of a Bengal Lancer" one of the Film D lily 
Ten Best Pictures of 1935. 



HAWKS. HOWARD 

b. 1897. Goshen, Ind. ; to California in 1906; 
educ. Pasadena High School, Phillips-Exeter 
Academy, Mass. ; studied mechanical engineer- 
ing at Cornell; year's training, 1918, at Texas 
aviation field ; after Armistice, became prop 
man with Mary Pickford Co. ; assistant director 
with Marshall Neilan ; with scenario staflF of 
Famous, going to Metro as supervising editor ; 
wrote, directed and financed two short reel com- 
edies ; sold his story, "Road to Glory," to Fox, 
who signed him to direct it ; directed for First 
National and Columbia ; selected one of the 
"Ten Best Directors of 1930-31" in annual 
FILM DAILY poll; was with Caddo Prods.; 
now free-lancing; hobbies: golf, books, air- 
planes. 



HEISLER, STUART 

b. Los Angeles, Calif., Dec. 5, 1896; educ. in 
Los Angeles schools; first work in picture busi- 
ness was in laboratory for Famous Players-Lasky, 
Hollywood; joined Mack Sennett forces in 1913 
as film cutter; edited tilms for Mary Pickford, 
Samuel Goldwyn, Fox, First National, Cosmo- 
politan, Paramount; was assistant director for 
Cosmopolitan Productions in New York and gag- 
man for l-irst National; directed for Paramount. 

HENABERY, JOSEPH 
b. Omaha, Neb. ; educ. Omaha ; architectural 
drafter ; railroad man ; stage career, with San 
Carlo Opera Company ; George W. Lynch Com- 
pany ; 1910, joined Universal as an actor; 
played with Reliance Films and Majestic, Grif- 
lith ("Birth") ; directed first for Fine Arts, 
1916; Famous, Fairbanks, Ritz Carlton (Valen- 
tino), Paramount, P. D. C. (Metropolitan 
Prod.), First National, 1927, and then Pathe, 
Gotham Prod. ; with Universal and Columbia in 
1928 and free-lancing in 1929; directed the 
"Love Trader" for his own company in 1930; 
now under contract to Warners at the Eastern 
\'ilapiioiie Studio. 

HENIGSON, HENRY 

b. New York City, Sept. 22, 1897; educ. higli 
school of Commerce, New York ; started with 
Universal in 1920; 1921, did road auditing 
through South America and United States; gen- 
eral manager of distribution for the Continent 
to October, 1925 ; then to Universal City, where 
he remained for several years as associate pro- 
ducer; 1935, resigned from Universal and joined 
Paramount; now with M-G-M. 

HERMAN, ALBERT 

b. 1894, New York; entered pictures 1913 as 
film editor ; worked for numerous producers in 
various capacities until 1916 when he began 
directing; worked for Fox, Sennett, Universal, 
all shorts; 1927-28, 4 series of short comedies 
for Larry Darmour Prod., including Fat Mens, 
Mickey McGuire, AI Cooke and Witwer series, 
releasing through FBO; in 1928-29, shorts for 
Darmour Prod., releasing througli KKO ; directed 
independent features; now producing and direct- 
ing for Grand National. 

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HERRICK F. HERRICK 

Long career as director of silent features ; later 
directed sound shorts; 1931-32, toured the coun- 
try making "local talent" shorts tieing up with 
theaters and newspapers ; recently made a feature 
in the south seas. 

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HIGGIN, HOWARD 

First with Famous seven years as director, pro- 
duction manager, art director, co-director with 
Cecil B. De Mille; scenario writer in col- 
laboration with Sada Cowan ; wrote originals 
and sold "Fashion Row" to Mae Murray ; 
"Don't Doubt Your Husband," to Metro, and 
"Smouldering Fires," to Universal ; made sev- 
eral adaptations ; director for Robert T. Kane- 
First National, 1926-27, New York; to Pathe- 
De Mille unit in 1927; with Pathe in 1928-29: 
free-lancing since 1930. 

HILL. ROBERT 
b. Port Rohen, Ontario, Can. ; educ. Detroit ; 
engaged in automobile business, then in stock 
as an actor ; 7 years ; first screen work for 
Universal, wrote and directed "Adventures of 
Tarzan," serial ; directed three features and 
another serial for "U" ; wrote four originals 
for Goldwyn ; directed for Universal, C. C. 
Patton Prod. ; serials for Weiss Bros, in 1928 ; 
shorts for Universal in 1928 and features for 
same company in 1928-29 ; free-lancing since 
1930; hobbies: English, Maltese dogs and birds. 



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HILL, SINCLAIR 

b. London, June 10, 1896; began his screen career 
20 years ago; his earliest film work was at 
Turin in Northern Italy, then the center of the 
film industry throughout the world; later re- 
turned to England and joined Gaumont-British; 
has directed for Stoll, British International, 
Sterling, Gainsljorough and Grosevor Films. 

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HILLYER, LAMBERT 

b. 1893, South Bend, Ind. ; newspaper and 
short story writer ; appeared in stock and 
vaudeville; first with Mutual; directed 25 W. S. 
Harts for Paramount-Artcraft Prod., afterwards 
working for First National, Goldwyn, American 
Releasing ; again First National and then with 
Fox; free-lancing in 1928-29; directed for RKO ; 
was with Columbia and Universal; now with 
Columbia ; hobbies : hunting, fishing, racing, 
horses, dogs. y ^ 

HIRLIMAN, GEORGE A. 

b. Fort Lee, N. J., Sept. 8, 1901; educ. Fort 
Lee; 1914 started in picture business as office 
boy for Life Photo Film Corp. at Grantwood, 
N. J.; 1914-22 employed in various capacities 
in motion picture film laboratory business; 1922 
organized Hirlagraph Motion Picture Corp. at 
Fort Lee, N. J., which developed into largest 
film laboratory in the industry; continued to 
operate company until 1927 at which time he 
sold out to Consolidated Film Industries, Inc. ; 
was inactive for a few years; 1931 with Con- 
solidated Film Industries, organized Exhibitor's 
Screen Service; 1933 came to Hollywood for 
Consolidated Film Industries to represent them 
in all their production and financing activities 



and during next few years, supervised the pro- 
duction of over 30 feature productions; 1935 
formed own producing company. Regal Produc- 
tions; 1936 formed Pacific and Metropolitan Pro- 
ductions companies in addition to Regal; re- 
vealed his color process, "Hirlacolor," which 
took him five years to perfect; signed George 
O'Brien to a term contract to produce a new 
type of picture for the star for RKO Radio re- 
lease in addition to the George Hirliman Pro- 
ductions for RKO Radio ; producing Richard Dix 
series for RKO and Ruth Mix series for Grand 
National; married to Eleanor Hunt; hobbies: 
yachting, tennis and motion pictures. 



HITCHCOCK, ALFRED 

b. London, 1900; trained as an engineer, but 
later turned to the study of art; while working 
in an advertising agency he also wrote titles 
for silent films; joined Famous-Players, who were 
then making films at Islington, became the senior 
director at the B.I. P. studios at Elstree; later 
joined Gaumont-British. 

HOEFLER, PAUL 

b. Sept. 6, 1893, Spokane, AVash. ; educ. in pub- 
lic schools ; first entered pictures with Nestor 
Company at old Sunset and Gower Street Stu- 
dios, subsequently with Universal in Hollywood 
and at the "Ranch" ; left pictures to enter jour- 
nalistic field, left staff of Denver_ Post and or- 
ganized and led expedition to Africa in 1925-26, 
exploring the mysterious Kaoko Veldt and Kala- 
hari Desert regions ; traveled through South 
Africa and parts of Mozambique ; returned to 
East Africa in 1928 and led first motor expedi- 
tion of all time across Central Equatorial Africa 
from Mombassa to Lagos collecting film material 



THOMAS AHEARN 



In Collaboration 



Author 
Let's Make a Million'' 

(PARAMOUNT) 

Behind the Headlines 

(RKO-RADIO) 

The Big Shot' 

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Behind the Mike* 

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for his subsequent production "Africa Speaks" ; 
traveled and explored in Kenya Colony, Tan- 
ganyika, Belgian Congo, French Equatorial 
Africa, Nigeria ; organized and led Hoefler-Asia- 
tic Expedition to Asia in 1931 to gather film 
material for his new production "The Voice of 
India" ; traveled extensively in Europe, India, 
Ceylon, Straits Settlements, Japan and China ; 
author of the book "Africa Speaks" and widely 
known as the author of numerous articles on 
Africa and the Orient ; now in Africa making 
shorts for Warner Bros. 

HOFFMAN, JOHN 

b. Aug. 19, 1904, Budapest; educ. in Budapest, 
attended the Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest; 
came to New York in 1924 and worked as a 
commercial artist; went to California in 1927, 
worked in various studio departments until he 
met Slavko Vorkapich, who was directing mon- 
tage sequences at Paramount; worked at Berlin 
and Budapest for 18 months for Producer Joe 
Pasternak, German-Universal, as co-director, 
cutter and writer; returned to California and 
worked with Slavko Vorkapich at RKO Radio 
and made montage sequences; worked for M-G-M, 
Columbia and Universal; now directing special 
sequences for M-G-M. 

HOFFMAN, M. H. 

b. Chicago, March 20, 1881 ; educ. College of 
the City of New York and New York Uni- 
versity ; studied painting and singing; taught 
languages and practiced law until 1910; entered 
motion picture business as operator of theaters 
in New England ; was general manager, Uni- 
versal until 1917; founded and operated Tiffany 
until he sold out his interests to L. A. Young 
in 1929 ; was vice-president and general man- 
ager of Tiffany ; organized Liberty Productions 
in 1930 and was acting president and general 
manager ; without relinquishing his holdings in 
Liberty he organized Allied Pictures in 1931 ; 
to produce and release his own pictures. 

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HOFFMAN. M. H., JR. 

b. New York City. May 27, 1910; interested 
in four theaters in and about Flushing, L. I., 
prior to 1931 ; at the same time also interested 
in various hotel concessions in and about New 
York City ; later entered stock brokerage busi- 
ness ; 1931, organized Allied Pictures Corp. and 
signed Hoot Gibson for a series of pictures ; 
later connected with Liberty Pictures Corp. as 
associate producer and vice-president. 

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HOGAN, JAMES 

b. Lowell, Mass.; at the age of 10, ran away 
from home and joined Barnum & Bailey's Circus; 
after six years on the sawdust trail, together 
with John L. Cook, bought John L. Hargraves' 
Dog and Pony Show and traveled through New 
England and eastern Canada with the show; 
returned to New York and joined James Kirk- 
wood's stock company as an actor; then turned 
semi-professional ball player, was seen by a 
Yankee scout and was offered a tryout, but 
fate intervened in the shape of the close play 
at second base; Von Stroheira, then an assistant 
director for a Mary Pickford film, hired him 
as a night watchman; before the picture was 
through, Hogan was directing it along with 
George Hill, erstwhile cameraman on the pic- 
ture, and neither knew that the other knew 
nothing about pictures; then went back to the 
job of a prop man for Robert Vignola; afte ra 
little more than two years in varying capacities 
with Douglas Fairbanks, he enlisted in the coast 
artillery for the World War; after the war, 
free-lanced in Hollywood as a director and as 
an assistant director; came to Paramount in 1935, 
and was an assistant director; later promoted 
to director; still with Paramount. 



HOLMES, BEN 

b. Richmond, Va., educated in Richmond 
schools started stage work as an actor in Victor 
Kiralfi's "Pocahontas" at the Colonial theater, 
Norfolk, Va. ; has appeared in all branches of 
the show world ; support Grace George in 
"Divorcons" ; devoted his last three years on 
Broadway to direct Shubert revues; joined 
Fox-Case in February, 1927, and wrote and di- 
rected dialogue for the first Fox Movietone 
comedy, "They're Coming to Get Me," starring 
Chic Sale ; went to the Fox Coast studio in 
July 1928; in December, 1928, joined Universal; 
directed the Rooney family and "The Colle- 
gians" ; 1930, returned to New York to stage 
"Chick" Sale productions for the Shuberts ; 
wrote material for "Chick" Sale comedies, pro- 
duced by Louis Brock for Radio Pictures; now 
directing features for RKO. 
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HOPPER, E. MASON 

b. Dec. 6, 188S, Enosburg, Vt. ; Univ. of Mary- 
land and studied art in Europe; playrt semi- 
professional baseball and assisted father in 
manufacture of stock foods ; syndicate cartoon- 
ist ; appeared in stock, musical comecies, and 
did sketching and cartoons in a vaudeville act ; 
started film work as director and author of 
"Mr. Wise," 1911, for Essanay, Chicago; cre- 
ated George Ade fables for Essanay, directed 
three years for Pathe, then organized own com- 
pany, releasing through Lasky ; worked for 
Essanay, Famous, Goldwyn, First National, 
Metropolitan-P. D. C, Pathe; with M-G-M in 
1929 ; was with Columbia ; author of over 400 
scripts; made 350 films; now free-lancing; 
member Academy of M. P. Arts and Sciences ; 
hobbies : rare prints, old books, outdoor sports. 

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HORNBLOW, ARTHUR, JR. 

b. March 15, 1893, New York; educ. Dartmouth 
College ; became special feature writer, con- 
tributing to the New York Times, The World, 
The Sun and many magazines ; intending to en- 
ter the practice of criminal law studied law at 
night and was admitted to the bar in New York 
State in 1917; entered army in the intelligence 
division of the General Staff, thereupon served 
as first lieutenant in the counter-espionage sec- 
tion of the army in France for year and a half ; 
returned to America and to the theater, did a 
series of adaptations from the French and joined 
Charles Frohman Company as assistant produciiig 
director under Gilbert Miller ; participated in 
the production of many plays; partnership with 
Robert Milton ; he produced personally "Bride 
of the Lamb," "The Dark Angel" and "The 
Youngest" ; continued his writing of fiction for 
magazines ; conducted for two years Theater 
Magazine's department of dramatic criticism, 
"Mr. Hornblow Goes to the Play"; 1926 wrote 
"The Captive," an adaptation from the French ; 
March, 1927, signed by Samuel Goldwyn to 
come to Hollywood as a writer, at the same time 
sold Goldwyn the rights to "The Dark Angel" ; 
when talking pictures arrived went to New York 
and secured the services of Sidney Howard and 
the rights to "Bulldog Drummond" for Ronald 
Colman, which subsequently meant a fortune 
to the Goldwyn Company; from then on, as 
chief production executive produced many impor- 
tant pictures ; concluded long association with 
Goldwyn Nov. 4, 1933; November 16, 1933, 
signed with Paramount as an associate producer, 
his duties there started January 1, 1934. 

HORNE, HAL 

b. Boston, Mass., Aug. 12, 1896; educ. English 
high school, Boston, Mass., Tufts College, Med- 
ford, Mass. Harvard University, Cambridge, 
Mass.; was director of publicity. Boy Scouts of 
America; director publicity Mayflower Photoplay 
Corporation; general manager. Far West Theater 
Circuit, Los Angeles; president. Home Circuit, 



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San Jose, Calif.; winner of American Spectator 
Award for best advertising in any field; director 
ot advertising and publicity for United Artists; 
in 1936, joined RKO Kadio as a producer; now 
with Walter Wanger. 

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HORNE. JAMES W. 

b. 1880, San Francisco; educ. 'Frisco; legiti- 
mate actor nine years, Belasco & Mayer, Cofian 
& Harris; scenario editor of Kalem, 1912; man- 
ager of Kalem, 1913; director for Kalem, Uni- 
versal, Pathe (serials), and, 1921-22-23, with 
Thos. H. Ince, directing Douglas MacLean ; 
F B O, Ethel Clayton Prod., 1925; F B O, 
1926; Roach, two-reel comedies; features, 1926- 
1927, F B O; United Artists, 1927-28; free- 
lancing in 1928-29 ; directing lor Hal Roach ir 
1930-31; Universal in 1934; directed i^aurei- 
Hardy feature for Hal Roach ; now free-lancing. 

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HOWARD, DAVID 

b. Philadelphia in 1896 ; educ. in Philadelphia ; 
appeared in stock repertoire on road ; was as- 
sistant director with Edward Sloman, Rex In- 
gram, D. W. Griffith, King Vidor ; co-directed, 
wrote continuities and adaptations with Vidor ; 
directed Spanish versions ; directed four George 
O'Brien pictures for Fox; directed for Mascot; 
directed for Sol Lesser for Fox release ; now 
under contract to George O'Brien; hobby: 
sailing. 

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HOWARD, WILLIAM K. 

b. St. Mary's, O. ; educ. St. Mary's high 
school, Ohio State Univ. ; civil engineer ; joined 
sales force of Vitagraph, Cincinnati ; course in 
night law school, Cincinnati ; manager theater ; 



salesman, Minneapolis exchange of Vitagraph, 
later rising to manager ot that office, field- 
artilleryman two years in World war ; joined 
Universal after Armistice, 1918, as sales ad- 
visor ; from "U" to Fox, assistant director, 
scenarist, finally director; made four for Fox; 
two for FBO, one for Ince, six for Lasky ; 
signed with Cecil Be De Mille-P. D. C, 1926, 
remaining with De Mille-Pathe in 1927, joining 
Fox in 1928; was unuer contract to M-G-M ; now 
directing for London Films; member of Academy 
of M. P. Arts and Sciences. 
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HOYT, HARRY O. 

b. August 6, 1891, Minneapolis; educ. Univ. of 
Minnesota, Columbia, Yale ; wrote short stories 
and novels for 15 years; author of screen 
originals for 11 years; story editor for Fox, 
Metro, Goldwyn ; Kalem bought most of his 
originals; 1918, director of World Films; 1923, 
First National ; wrote continuities for First Na- 
tional ; directed for Associated Exhibitors, 
Weber & North, American Releasing, Embassy 
Pictures, Warner Bros.. First Division, and 
other independents in 1928-29; now free-lancing; 
member Lamb's, N. Y. ; Yale Club, N. Y. 

HUBBARD, LUCIEN 

b. Cincinnati, Dec. 21, 1888; educ. in grammar 
and high school at Bellevue, Ky. ; reporter for 
Cincinnati "Times Star" in 1907 and worked 
for various other newspapers ; night city editor 
of New York "Press" and the "Tribune"; after 
the war entered pictures as a writer for Para- 
mount and other companies ; wrote and directed 
for M-G-M; produced for Caddo; wrote and 
produced for Paramount and Warners ; asso- 
ciated with many M-G-M productions; now pro- 




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HUMBERSTONE, H. BRUCE 

b. Butt'aio, New York, 1903; educ. Cleveland, 
and Miami Ohio Military Institute; was script 
clerk, second assistant director; was assistant di- 
rector to Lois Weljer, Harry Pollard, King Vidor, 
Fred Niblo, Edmund Goulding, Wesley Kuggles, 
Sam Taylor, George Fitzmaurice, Allan Dwan; 
directed for RKO, Tiffany, Fararaount, Warner 
Bros., Fox, and M-G-M; now with 20th Cen- 
tury-Fox; member of the Academy of M. P. 
Arts and Sciences; hobbies: tropical fish. 



HUNT, CHARLES 



1j. Fort Lee, New Jersey; screen career began 
with Eclair Filmi in 1911 as assistant director, 
him editor, production manager, director; now 
with Condor. 

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HURLEY, HAROLD H. 

b. Pentwater, Mich., Feb. 22, 1898; educ. Uni- 
versity of Southern California, two years and 
graduated from University of London, England ; 
newspaper work, press department. Universal 
and Paramount ; excliange and theater depart- 
ment, Universal ; early in 1933 made associate 
producer of Zane Grey subjects, continuing vari- 
ous other executive duties for Paramount ; pro- 
duced for Paramount since 1934. 

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HUTCHISON, CHARLES 

b. Dec. 3, Philadelphia, Pa.; in 1934, directed for 
Ideal Pictures; 1935, directed for Peerless Pic- 
tures, Mitchell Leichter and Ambassador Pic- 
tures ; now free-lancing. 

HYMAN, BERNARD 

b. Grafton, W. Va., Aug. 20, 1897 ; educ. New 
York public schools, Yale University ; associate 
producer at M-G-M where he has produced 
many pictures. 

INGRAM, REX 
b. 1892, Dublin, Ireland; educ. St. Columbia's 
College, Trinity College, Dublin, and Yale; 
studied sculpture under Lawrie ; appeared in 
pantomine in Europe; to America 1911; rail- 
road man at New Haven, 1911; student of fine 
arts, Yale, 1912, studying sculpture, later serv- 
ing as assistant to Prof. Lawrie ; wrote sce- 
narios for Edison Co., afterward acted for Edi- 
son and Vitagraph ; wrote scenarios for Fox ; 
directed one of his own stories for Universal, 
followed by series; 1917, joined Royal Flying 
Corps., commissioned as second lieutenant and 
served in World War ; made two "U"s after 
the War, 1918-19; joined M-G-M; Yale awarded 
degree of B.F.A. for "Four Horsemen" ; oper- 
ated own studi ' a.'il . wn nr liuctio'i nn t at 
Nice, France ; selected one of ten best directors 
of 1926 and also 1927, in "The Film Daily" 
Directors' Polls. 

ISING. RUDOLPH 

1). Kansas City, Aug. 7. 1903 ; educ. Kansas 
City ; a portrait and still photographer ; 1923, 
cartoonist and photographer for Walt Disney 
in Kansas City ; 1925, came to Hollywood and 
worked for Disney and Charles Mintz ; 1930, 
with Hugh Harman, organized "Harman-Ising," 
producing "Merrie Melodies" and "Looney 
Tunes" for Warner Bros, release; 1934, pro- 
duced "Happy Harmonies" for M-G-M. 

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JAMES, ALAN 

Pioneer director, beginning about 1922 when 
he acted as assistant director; in 1923, made 



"Firebrand," 1924, six Westerns for Goldstone 
Prod., and one for Ambassador Pictures, both 
state rights; 1925, one for Goldstone and same 
for Davis; 1926, series of three Westerns for 
Chesterfield Pictures and in 1927, Westerns for 
Pathe, several with Buffalo Bll, Jr. and then 
with Lumas, Elbee and otliers in iy2ii-29 ; di- 
rected several Kan Maynard features for Uni- 
versal; now free-lancing. 



JASON, LEIGH 



b. 1904, New York City ; educ. Colunihia Uni- 
versity ; directed a lit'.le theater fivoup in 
Los Angeles ; worked in all branches of pro- 
duction except camera work ; under contract to 
Universal in 1927-28; contract with TiflEany 
early in 1929 ; directed novelty shorts for RKO 
release ; directed comedy shorts for RKO ; di- 
rected shorts for M-G-M ; now directing features 
for RKO. 

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JOHNSON, NUNNALLY 

b. Columbus, Georgia, Dec. 5, 1897; educ. high 
school of that city; got his first newspaper job 
on the Columbia Enquirer-Sun; in 1916, became 
reporter on the Savannah Press in Savannah, 
Ga.; in June, 1916, before America entered the 
war, he joined the Army, emerging two and a 
half years later from the headquarters troop 
of the 31st Division as a second lieutenant with- 
out having left the country; in 1919, went to 
New York to take up his newspaper career on a 
larger scale; his first job there in the Tribune 
lasted but a few months before moving over to 
the Brooklyn Daily Eagle where he remained 
for seven years, during which he also ran a 
humorous column under the head, "One Word 
After Another" ; then followed a year on the 
New York Herald-Tribune and a year on the 
Evening Post, again attaining a column of his 
own as "The Roving Reporter"; in 1923, his 
first short story was accepted by Smart Set, then 
published by H. L. Mencken and George Jean 
Nathan; one year later he sold his first story 
to the Saturday Evening Post; in 1930, gave up 
his newspaper work to devote himself entirely 
to writing stories, but since Hollywood and the 
movies pressed him into service three years ago, 
he has written and published only one short 
story, and that in the Saturday Evening Post; 
his first assignment was with Paramount; then 
followed two months with Samuel Goldwyn and 
a return to Paramount; July 4, 1933, signed his 
present contract with 20th Century-Fox; associate 
producer and writer for 20th Century-Fox. 
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JONES, CHARLES (BUCK) 

b. Vincennes, Ind., Dec. 4, 1889; U. S. Army 
and Air Service ; started in show business with 
Millers 101 Ranch Circus; entered pictures in 
1918 as stunt double; western star for Fox 1920; 
western star for Columbia ; western star for 
Universal, 1933 ; produced his own pictures in 
which he starred ; now producing for Columbia 
release. 

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JONES, PAUL M. 

b. Bristol, Tenn., March 14, 1897 ; Tennessee 
and California ; attended Egan's Dramatic 
School, Los Angeles ; entered picture work in 
1918 as prop man at Realart ; set dresser at 
Paramount ; acted in two-reel comedies ; wrote 
poetry ; co-directed for Pathe ; assistant director 
on 25 pictures ; assisted Ernst Lubitsch, E. H. 
Griffith, Wesley Ruggles, Gregory LaCava, Ed- 
ward Sutherland and others ; gag man and 
dialogue writer for I. E. Chadwick; wrote screen- 
plays ; assistant to William LeBaron on all Mae 
West, W. C. Fields and Bing Crosby pictures ; 
under contract to Paramount as a producer. 



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KANE, JOSEPH 

b. San Diego, California; educ. San Diego, and 
Pasadena Junior College; was an orchestra cello- 
player; got into pictures by selling a feature 
story, and landed a writer's job with FBO; next 
spent four years cutting pictures and stepped 
into directing Gene Autry musical westerns for 
Republic, where he is now under contract. 

KANE, ROBERT T. 

b. Jamestown, N. Y., Sept. 15, 1886; at age of 
8 moved to Oil City, Pa. ; educ. primary school ; 
social secretary Detroit Y. M. C. A. ; studied 
civil engineering; employed Engineering Dept. 
City of Cleveland ; developed first cost system 
for Cadillac Motors; 1906 moved to Seattle; 
went north during gold rush, located at Nome; 
employed as level man building ditches for 
Alaska Mining Co. ; organized a theatrical com- 
pany at Nome ; returned to San Francisco en- 
tered newspaper work ; manager and treasurer 
of the Valencia theater; organized William 
Morris circuit in the west and as secretary- 
treasurer built 12 theaters; 1911 organized 
American Theater Curtain and Supply Co. ; con- 
solidated with Alco Film which later became 
Metro; started as independent producer in 1915- 
16; as president of Paralta Films built the larg- 
est studio in Calif., which later became the 
Paramount plant; enlisted as private in War; 
discharged as captain ; confined at Johns Hopkins 
Hospital, Baltimore ; appointed by Secretary of 
State, in charge of all Government films ; became 
general manager of Paramount production at 
Lon^ Island ; served four years ; directed pro- 
duction in Germany, London, France, Los 
Angeles ; resigned to become an independent 
producer and made some 25 features for Para- 
mount, First National and Pathe ; produced first 



musical picture in sound ; organized Cine Stu- 
dios Continental ; sold to Paramount in 1930 ; 
became general manager of European production 
for Paramount ; decorated with the order of 
Chevalier of the Legion of Honor by the Presi- 
dent of France for his contribution to interna- 
tional films; produced the first all-French talk- 
ing picture ; made pictures in several other 
languages; was associate producer for 20th Cen- 
tury-Fox now in charge of English production 
for 20th Century-Fox. 

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KATZ, SAM 

b. Russia, 1892; brought to this country at the 
age of three months; raised in Chicago; in 1905, 
at the age of 13, got a job playing the piano 
in Carl Laemmle's first 5 -cent motion picture 
house on Chicago's West Side, while continuing 
his school work; at the age of 16, he had his 
own theater with 144 folding chairs, which he 
later increased to 275 and installed an orchestra; 
later bought two more theaters; main amijition 
was to become a lawyer and, being graduated 
from high school at this time, he entered North- 
western University where he attended night 
school while continuing his business activities; 
in 1914, formed Amalgamated Theater Corp.; 
about this time he met Barney Balaban, and 
they erected the Central Park Theater; venture 
won interest and backing of financial circles 
and, before long, Rivera was built, which was 
followed by the string of de luxe houses which 
all Chicago knows as Balaban & Katz; im- 
pressed by the brilliant success of this firm, 
directors of Paramount Famous Lasky Corpora- 
tion in 1925 prevailed upon the Chicago concern 
to take over management of its houses and Katz 



WILLIAM SLAVENS McNUTT 



He Writes 



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• • • 



took executive charge of the new enterprise, vice- 
president, Paramount Publix; resigned in 1933, 
to head his own producing company; later joined 
M-G-M as production executive. 

KATZMAN. SAM 

b. New York, July 7, 1900; with Fox 1914- 
1931 ; during that period also with First Na- 
tional and Cosmopolitan ; held positions from 
prop boy to production manager and assistant 
to producers; 1931 produced Screencraft Prods, 
for Showmen's Pictures; 1934, associated in the 
production of Bob Steele Westerns for Supreme 
Pictures ; now producing as Victory Pictures. 



KAUFMAN, EDWARD 

b. Chicago, 111., Aug. 20, 1893; educ. Paterson 
high school, Paterson, N. J.; newspaper man 
with Philadelphia Times, New York Press, Bal- 
timore News, Washington Times when all were 
under Frank Munsey Syndicate; entered pic- 
tures in 1933 with American Film Company, 
Santa Barbara ; now producer at RKO Radio. 

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KEIGHLEY, WILLIAM 
b. Philadelphia ; edu. Philadelphia high school ; 
acted and directed on stage for 20 years ; di- 
rected dialogue on "Resurrection" ; staged 
"Elizabeth the Queen," "Tomorrow and To- 
morrow," "The Bad Girl," "The Greeks Had a 
Word for It" at Belasco theater, Los Angeles; 
is with Warner Bros. 

KELLY, BURT 

b. New York City, Oct. 6, 1898; educ. N. Y. 
schools ; buying and booking for Paramount- 
Publix from 1923 to 1927; producel for Tiffany, 
K. B. S. and Select; operated Dominion Pro- 
ductions in Canada ; now with Republic. 

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KENTON, ERLE C. 

b. Aug. 1 1895, Missouri; educ. Kansas City, 
Mo. ; in stock, circusses and pony shows ; signed 
with Keystone as one of the famous "cops," 
remaining with Sennett several years, advancing 
to directorship ; made features for Sennett fal- 
lowing shorts ; worked for Warners, Famous, 
P. D. C, Metropolitan, Pathe, Paramount, 
Gotham ; under contract to Columbia, 1928-29 ; 
directing for M-G-M in 1930; was with Colum- 
bia ; now free-lancing ; hobbies : photography, 
handball and squash. 

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KILLY, EDWARD 

b. Jan. 18, 1903, Danbury, Conn. ; educ. Dan- 
bury public schools and Stevens Institute, Jer- 
sey City ; worked in labor dept. as grip boy 
and props at FBO, assistant to George Cukor, 
Herbert Brenon, Gregory LaCava, Richard 
Boleslawski, William A. Seiter and others ; co- 
directed for RKO; now directing for RKO. 

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KIMBALL, FENN 

Previous to entering motion pictures, was en- 
gaged in the securities brokerage business; later 
formed the California Studios, located on Beach- 
wood Drive, where he rented facilities and equip- 
ment to various independents as well as co- 
operating in the production of various pictures; in 
August, 1935, sold the lease and a large part of 
the equipment to Columbia Pictures and formed 
Banner Pictures Corp. ; then formed General 
Pictures. 

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KING, BURTON 

b. Cincinnati ; screen career, began with Equi- 
table ; later with Metro, Pathe, Selznick, Gotham. 
Associated Exhibitors; 1923, supervised for 
Freuler ; now free-lancing. 



KING, HENRY 



b. 1892, Christiansburg, Va. ; spent early days 
on plantation ; educ. Riverside School, Va. ; 
appeared in repertoire, vaudeville, circus, bur- 
lesque, stock; in legitimate 10 years; leads in 
films with Lubin seven months, then Balboa ; 
starred by Pathe; director for Pathe; made 
one of first serials, Pathe ; discovered Baby 
Marie Osborne ; co-starred with her in five, 
directed rest of series ; discovered Cullen 
Landis ; directed Wm. Russell, series, for 
American ; series for Thos. Ince, series for Jesse 
Hampton ; joined Inspiration, went to Rome 
and made "White Sister"; made "Romola," in 
Florence, first film made on panchromatic stock 
in entirety; joined Samuel Goldwyn tUnited 
Artists) 1925 ; director-general for Inspiration, 
releasing through United Artists in 1928-29 ; 
directing for Fox since 1930; hobbies: all 
sports; member Academy of M. P. Arts and 
Sciences ; selected one of the ten best directors 
of 1927 in "The Film Daily" Annual Ballot; di- 
rected "State Fair" one of the National Board 
of Review Ten Best of 1933, and one of the 
Ten Best in "The Film Daily" Annual Ballot. 



KING, LOUIS 



b. Christiansburg, Va. ; educ. University of 
Virginia; entered pictures in 1919 as an actor 
with American Film Co., Santa Barbara, 
Calif. ; assistant director at Fox in 1922, direct- 
ing his first feature in the East in 1926 ; with 
FBO in 1927-28 and free-lancing in 1928-29; 
1930-31, directing Buck Jones pictures for Co- 
lumbia release ; directed independent features 
until September, 1932, when he joined Fox; 
was with Warner Bros. ; now with Paramount. 

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KIRKWOOD, RAY 

b. Dotter, Pa., June 16, 1893; educ. attended 
Pittsburgh high school; 1908-14, maintenance en- 
gineer in charge of Corapolis station for Pro- 
ducers and Refining Company, Pittsburgh, Pa. ; 
1915-25, assistant director and production mana- 
ger for Thomas H. Ince; 1925-26, introducing 
Ray Kirkwood Productions in San Salvador, 
A. C; also distributing Paramount pictures, 
manager of theater Colon in San Salvador; 
1926-28, assistant director for BO, Hollywood, 
Calif; 1928-29, established the Ray Kirkwood 
Studios in San Diego, Calif.; 1929-33, directing 
and purchasing for Comptoir Nord African in 
Spain, France and North and South Africas; 
producer and director Ray Kirkwood Produc- 
tions. 

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KLEMENT, OTTO 

b. Czechoslovakia, June 1893; educ. Vienna and 
London; publisher of books in Vienna, play- 
broker, and stage producer; supported the Avant- 
gart picture movement in Central Europe; found- 
ed Garrett-KIement Productions in London in 
April, 1935; now producing for that company. 

KOHNER, PAUL 

b. Teplitz Schoenau, Czechoslovakia, May 29, 
1902; educ. schools at Teplitz Schoenau, at 
Aussig and at the Conservatory of Music, 
Prague ; started business career with Universal 
at 20, touring Europe as Carl Laemmle's, Sr., 
personal representative ; producing in Europe 
during recent years ; came to Hollywood in 
spring of 1935; now with Columbia; hobbies: 
music, literature, tennis and rowing. 

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KORDA, ALEXANDER 

Newspaper reporter in Europe ; began directing, 
1916, Budapest, later to Vienna, Rome and 
then Ufa, Berlin; arrived in America 1926, 
joining First National and making "The Stolen 



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Bride" as his first in this country; joined Fox 
in 1927, switching again to First National for 

1927-2S-29; with Fox in 193U ; organized Lon- 
don Filni.-i in England; member Academy ol 
M. P. Arts and Sciences; hobbies: making mo- 
tion pictures and reading; directed "Private 
Life of Henry VIII," one of the Ten Best 
Pictures of 1933, Film Daily poll. 

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KORDA, ZOLTAN 

b. Hungary, 1895 ; film work in Budapest, Vien- 
na and Berlin ; also with Fox in U. S. ; directed 
"Saunders of the River" for London Films; now 
with London Films. 

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KOSTER, HENRY 

b. Berlin, May 1, 1905; studied painting at 
Academy of Arts in Berlin and Vienna ; left 
newspaper work and wrote 51 scenarios for Ufa, 
Universal, Terra Films; directed "Adventures 
of a Beautiful Woman" for Aafa ; now directing 
at Universal City. 



KULL, EDWARD 

b. Chicago, Dec. 



10, 1885; educ. Chicago; 



1907-1915, with Selig as director; with Universal 
as director and cameraman ; 1922, with Cecil 
B. deMille as special effects man; 1923. with 
Douglas Fairbanks as effects man; 1924-1925, 
with Pathe ; free-lanced ; directed for Burroughs- 
Tarzan Enterprises ; now free-lancing. 

LA CAVA, GREGORY 

Artist, cartoonist for American Press Ass'n, for 
"N. Y. World," "N. Y. Sun-Herald"; one of 
the first in animated cartoon field ; four years 
director-in-chief Hearst Internat'l Comic Films, 



training artists, writing scenarios, producing 
cartoons in Hearst papers for screen ; migrated 
to Hollywood, writing originals, scenarios, for 
Lloyd Hamilton and Jack White; adaptations 
for Johnny Hines' "Torchy" series for C. C. 
Burr ; Mack Seiinett two-reel dnector ; made 
"Chick" Sale's first film ; joined Paramount, di- 
recting Dix and others, switching later to 
First iVational, and, in 1929, Patlie ; was with 
Twentieth Century, Walter Wanger, Columbia 
and Universal; now with RKO. 

LACHMAN, HARRY 

b. June 29, 1886 ; educ. University Mich. ; pre- 
vious career, artist; entered pictures in 1925, 

through Rex Ingiani; directed for Fox and Hal 
-Roach; now with Columbia; member: Cheva- 
Uer of Legion of Honor, Masons Lodge and 
American Assoc. M. P. Engineers. 
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LACKEY, W. T. 

b. Saugerties, New York, Feb. 4, 1897 ; educ. 
Cornell University, Columbia University Law 
School LL.B.; U. S. Army, 1918-1919; admitted 
to the Bar 1920; practiced law in New York 
City, 1920-21 ; produced Sewell Ford Torchy 
stories, distributed by Educational ; independent 
production in New York until 1925 ; independent 
production in Hollywood, 1925-1932; Monogram 
producer, 1932-1935 : now supervisor at Para- 
mount ; hobbies : golf and swimming. 

LAEMMLE, CARL, JR. 

b. Chicago, April 28, 1908 ; only son of Carl 
Laemmie, president LTniversal Pictures Corp. ; 
educ. Ethical Culture and Clark Academies, 
New York City ; entered motion pictures at 
Universal City in 1925 ; preparing stories and 



CHRISTY CABANNE 

Director 
Under Contract to RKO-Radio 

"The Last Outlaw" 

"We Who Are About to Die" 

"Criminal Lawyer" 

"Don't Tell the Wife" 

"You Can't Beat Love" 

"Annapolis Salute" 

In Production 

"The Westland Case" 

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supervising production on "The Collegians" 
series of short subjects, eventually making 44 of 
these pictures in four series ; made an associate 
producer as a result of his success ; 1929 be- 
came general manager of Universal City ; re- 
mained as general manager for five years ; re- 
cently became producer to concentrate on his 
own series of special productions; 1936, resigned 
from Universal; now with M-G-M; hobbies, bas- 
ketball and tennis. 

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LAEMMLE. ERNST 

b. 1900, Munich, Germany; studied history of 
art at Munich Univ. ; first film work at Uni- 
versal, assistant director to Clarence Brown, 
Stuart Paton, Edward Laemmle, asd then di- 
rector of short subjects, finally features, 1926 ; 
joined Warners as assistant to Ernst Lubitsch ; 
1927-28, with Universal; in 1928, sent to Ger- 
many to make features for Universal, remaining 
ill 1929-30 ; was under contract to Universal ; 
now free-lancing ; hobbies : all sports. 
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LAMONT. CHARLES 
b. 1898, San Francisco, Gal. ; educ. Oakland, 
Cal., Paris; played in legit as a youth; parents 
were professionals ; first film work for L-Ko in 
1919; directed 1922; directed comedies for Uni- 
versal, Fox, Sennett, Christie, Educational, 
where he made shorts in 1927-28-29 ; later with 
I'niversal. directed features for Chesterfield; 
now freelancing ; member Academy of the M. P. 
Arts and Sciences. 

LANDAU, Leslie' L. 

b. London; educ. Cheltenham College and sub- 
sequently studied for foreign banking in Darm- 
start, Germany; returned to London in 1923 
to join private banking house but accepted offer 
to study film business with Fox ; worked in all 
departments between 1923-1929 with extensive 
tours in Europe, South Africa, New Zealand 
and Australia; joined British Movietone News 
at its inception, occupying posts as News Edi- 
tor and Associate Editor ; produced and directed 
many special short subjects 1932-1933; joined 
Fox British Pictures in 1934 as producer; 
joined 20tli Century-Fox, Hollywood, as asso- 
ciate producer in 1936. 

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LANFIELD, SIDNEY 
Writer, b. Chicago, III., April 20, 1899; educ. 
University of Chicago ; specialized in music ; 
previous career ; made piano rolls and phono- 
g^-aph records; 10 years on stage; wrote songs 
and material for revues ; Entered pictures in 
September, 1925, writing comedies for Fox. 
Screen work includes "Romance of the Under- 
world," "Girl in Every Port" ; scenario and 
dialogue for "Big Time" (Fox): club: Masonic 
Order; Sport; swimming; wife's professional 
name Shirley Mason; directed for Twentieth 
Century and Charles Rogers — Paramount ; di- 
rected for Edward Small ; now with 20th Cen- 
tury-Fox. 

LANG. FRITZ 

b. in Vienna; studied architecture for two 
years in Vienna's technical high school, disliked 
it so much that he ran away from home and 
became an artist; painted postcards and sold 
them in Belgium, later was an artist in the 
Latin quarter of Paris; when the war broke 
out returned to his home, Vienna, to enlist in 
the Austrian army and served throughout the 
war; began to write short stories, his writings 
came to the attention of Eric Pommer of Ufa 
and_ he gave him a job as a writer; wrote sce- 
narios for more than a year; then started to 
direct; he writes practically all the stories he 
directs; came to Hollywood from Germany two 



years ago; made his American debut as direc- 
tor for M-G-M ; now with Paramount. 

LANG, WALTER. 

b. 1897, Memphis, Tenn. ; stage actor three 
years; production work, since 1920; made shorts 
and then features, directing latter since 1926 
for numerous independent companies, including 
Columbia, Chadwick, Lumas, and one for 
Pathe; signed by James Cruze, Inc., to make 
sound shorts in 1929 for independent market; 
has directed features for James Cruze, Inc.; 
directed for 20th Century, Columbia, Ki-^O and 
Universal ; now with 20th Century-Fox. 



LANTZ, WALTER 



has been in the cartoon production field for more 
than twenty years; started in 1915 with Barrie 
Film Studio making "Mutt and Jeff" series for 
Fox release, was 15 years old then; in 1918 
went with Hearst International Studios and 
produced the famous "Katzenjammer Kids," 
"Happy Hooligan," "Krazy Kat," "Silk Hat 
Harry" and "Jerry on the job"; was with them 
for four years until 1922; from 1923 to 1927 
produced "Colonel Heeza Liar," "Dinkey Doo- 
dles" and "Pete the Pup" for J. R. Bray ; 
came to Hollywood in 1928 and worked as a 
gag man for Universal and Mack Sennett ; or- 
ganized new "Oswald" cartoon department in 
1929 for Universal and has been there ever since ; 
produced approximately 26 "Oswalds" a year 
for the past six years as well as thirteen "Pooch 
the Pup" and six "Cartune Classics" in Techni- 
color ; produced the first synchronized color car- 
toon, this cartoon was a feature of the Universal 
Picture, "The King of Jazz," which was released 
in 1930. 

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LASKY, JESSE L. 

b. San Francisco, Sept. 13; educ. public schools 
in San Francisco and San Jose; graduated from 
the Santa Clara High School ; played the piano 
and cornet in various San Francisco orchestras; 
tried his hand at reporting; one of the first 100 
men to join Alaskan gold rush to Nome; re- 
turned to Calif., organized a vaudeville act, in 
association with his sister, and joined Herman 
the Great's road-show, became Herman's man- 
ager, and later launched on_ his own as a pro- 
ducer and booker of vaudeville ; as a vaudeville 
impresario, he built up a fortune of $150,000; 
married and traveled to Europe on a vacation ; 
while there was impressed with the popularity 
of the continental cabarets, particularly the one 
operated in connection with the Folies Bergere 
in Paris ; returned to New York ; became asso- 
ciated with the late Henry B. Harris, and es- 
tablished a Folies Bergere on Broadway; an 
artistic success, but a financial flop that cost 
practically his entire fortune ; combined with 
Harris in the production of stage plays which 
proved more successful ; produced an original 
operetta, and uncovered Cecil B. deMille, whom 
he engaged as collaborator; Jan., 1914, joined 
forces with deMille and Samuel Goldwyn and 
organized the Jesse Lasky Feature Play Co. 
with himself as president ; company moved to 
Hollywood and established a studio at Vine and 
Selma Avenue; "The Squaw Man" was their 
first picture ; then they produced several of 
the early Belasco dramas; in July, 1916, Famous 
Players Film Co. and Jesse L. Lasky Feature 
Film Co. combined ; he was made vice-presi- 
dent in charge of production, and until June, 
1932, remained actively in charge of all pro- 
duction for Paramount; September, 1932, Lasky 
resigned from Paramount and joined Fox Film 
Corp.. as an independent producer, was with 
Pickford-Lasky Productions; now with RKO. 
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LAW, HAROLD 

b. Chicago, 111.; educ. public schools; worked 
ior four years with the Pinkerton Detective 



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Bureau ; was connected with the first radio sta- 
tion in Los Angeles; started at Mack Sennett 
as script clerk ; when Sennett closed he came 
to Hal Roach Studios; writer on the Roach 
staff ; directed all the Charley Chase comedies 
during 193S ; co-directed Chase in a feature 
length comedy. _ _ 



LEE, ROWLAND V. 



LeBARON, WILLIAM 



b. Elgin, Illinois; educ. there, later entered Uni- 
versity of Chicago and completed his education 
at New York University; 1918, after great suc- 
cess as fictionist and writer of special articles, 
became editor of Colliers Weekly ; later became 
general manager of Cosmopolitan Film Produc- 
tions, a post he held for five years; 1924 joined 
Famous Players-Lasky as associate producer at 
Long Island Studios, with them three years; 
1927 went to Hollywood as a producer for 
F.B.O. and when that studio was absorbed by 
Radio Pictures he became vice-president in charge 
of production, a post he held until 1931; author 
of Broadway dramas and musical shows; 1932 
joined Paramount as an associate producer ; now 
in charge of Paramount production. 
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Le BORG, REGINALD 

Directed the opera sequence in "Here's To Ro- 
mance; now directing for M-G-M. 
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LEDERMAN, ROSS 

Director for Warner Bros, in 1927-28 specializ- 
ing in dog pictures, making series of Rinty's ; 
made "A Dog of the Regiment" in 1927 and 
"A Race for Life" and "Rinty of the Desert" 
in 1928; continued with same company in 1929- 
30; was with Warner Bros.; now with Colum- 
bia. 



b. Findlay, Ohio; educ. Columbia Univ.; stage 
actor; film actor, 1915; served World War; 
joined Thomas Ince as actor in 1919, later be- 
came director, continuing with Goldwyn, Fox, 
Paramount, remaining with latter in 1929-30; 
hobbies: playwriting and all sports; member 
Academy of M. P. Arts and Sciences, and M. 
P. D. A., Hollywood; directed "Zoo in Buda- 
pest" one of the National Board of Review Ten 
Best for 1933 ; directed for Jesse L. Lasky and 
Edward Small ; directed "The Count of Monte 
Cristo," voted one of the Ten Best Pictures of 
1934 in the annual Film Daily poll; directed 
for RKO and Pickford-Lasky ; was in England; 
now with RKO. 

T ▼ 

LEE, SAMMY 

b. New York May 26 ; educ. New York public 
schools; went on stage in 1916; toured with 
Harry Evans as Evans and Lee until 1918; 
formed new act of Norton and Lee until 1923 ; 
directed musical ensembles for many legitimate 
productions, including work for Earl Carroll, 
Ziegfeld, Fred and Adele Astaire and the Metro- 
politan Opera House; came to Hollywood and 
has directed dances and ensembles for M-G-M, 
and 20th Century Fox ; conceived and directed 
"New Shoes" a M-G-M short subject; directed 
dances for 20th Century-Fo.x ; now free-lancing. 

LEICHTER, mItCHELL 

b. San Francisco. June 10, 1885; educ. Mission 
Grammar School; 1906 opened a vaudeville 
agency in New York, booking headliners in 
theaters throughout the East ; operated the 
Midway at the San Francisco Exposition in 



MONTE BRICE 



'Merry-Go-Round of 1938' 

Original and Screenplay* 



'Young Man's Fancy' 

Screenplay* 



"French Import" 

Screenplay* 



In Collaboration. 



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1914-15; established a film export and import 
business in New York ; now head of Advance 
Pictures. 

LEISEN, MITCHELL 

b. Oct. 6, 1897, Menominee, Mich.; educ. 
School of Architecture, Washington University, 
St. Louis; painting and sculptoring, Art Insti- 
tute, Chicago; joined firm of Marshall & Fox, 
Chicago, architects; came to California in 1919 
as art director for C. B. DeMille on "Male 
and Female"; was with DeMille for several 
years; art director on "Thief of Bagdad" and 
"Robin Hood"; in 1933 co-directed for Para- 
mount; is under contract to Paramount. 

LEONARD, ROBERT Z. 

b. 1889, Denver, 111.; career began with Cali- 
fornia Opera Co., prop man, comedian, stage 
manager for comic opera and drama ; sang in 
over 100 light operas and then became film 
player; directed for Universal, Cosmopolitan, 
Famous, TifTany, Metro, M-G-M, continuing 
with same company in 1929-30-31-32-33-34, still 
with M-G-M ; directed "Divorcee." voted one 
of the "Ten Best Pictures of 1930" in the FILM 
DAILY poll; selected one of the "Ten Best 
Directors of 1930-31" in annual FILM DAILY 
poll ; directed "The Great Ziegfeld," one of the 
Film Daily Ten Best Pictures of 1936; member 
Academy of M. P. Arts and Sciences. 

LE ROY, MERVYN 

b. 1900, San Francisco; vaudeville and legit 
actor several years; entered pictures 1920 as 
assistant cameraman, cameraman, other produc- 
tion capacities until assistant directorship, then 
director for First National, 1927, assigned to 
Colleen Moore unit ; others for First National 
in 1927-28-29-30-31-32-33-34; directed "Five Star 
Final." voted one of the "Ten Best Pictures 
of 1931," in the Film Daily poll; directed "I Am 
A Fugitive From A Chain Gang," selected one 
of the Ten Best Pictures of 1933 in the Film 
Daily poll ; hobbies : tennis, horseback riding, 
polo; member Academy of M. P. Arts and 
Sciences; now head of Mervyn Le Roy Produc- 
tions, releasing through Warner Bros. 

LESSER, SOL 

b. Spokane, Wash., Feb. 17, 1890; entered pic- 
ture business in 1907 at San Francisco; estab- 
lished Golden Gate Film Exchange and All Star 
Feature Distributors Exchanga, which were con- 
solidated with Miles Bros, and California Film 
Exchange in 1914; established a circuit of thea- 
ters in Northern California in 1916 ; moved to 
Los Angeles in 1919; in association with other 
organized West Coast Theaters which in six 
years expanded until it controlled 175 California 
theaters; 1926, sold out interest in West Coast 
and retired; made European tour; from 1916 to 
1926 All Star Features produced a series ol 
Jackie Coogan features for First National Re- 
lease; 1922, Principal Pictures Corp. was formed 
to produce for First National release; 1930. as- 
sociated with Inspiration Pictures; resigned to 
become assistant to Joseph Schenck at L^nited 
Artists; 1931, resigned to handle Universal 
Theater Circuit; 1932, formed Principal Dis- 
tributing Corp.; 1933, produced a Buster Crabbe 
feature; 1934, produced for Fox release; August, 
1934, began production on a series of George 
O'Brien pictures for Fox release; also produced 
two Harold Bell Wright specials for Columbia 
release and two features starring Bobby Breen, 
nine-year-old lyric tenor; producing for RKO and 
20th Century-Fox release. 

LEVINE, NAT 

b. New York City, July 26. 1899; started mo- 
tion picture career as office boy for Marcus 
Loew ; joined Margaret Winkler, producer of 



Krazy Kat cartoons; became independent pro- 
ducer for state right market; organized Mascot 
Pictures m 1924, producing serials; became pres- 
ident of Republic Productions shortly after 
merger of Mascot and Monogram in 1935; now 
a producer for M-G-M. 



LEVOY, ALBERT E. 



b. February 15, 1902, Montreal, Canada; educ. 
McGiU University, graduating 1923 ; started in 
motion picture business 1926 as Business Man- 
ager for C. B. Mintz, West Coast Productions; 
1932, joined Mascot Pictures Corp. as Business 
Manager; 1933 became General Manager of the 
same concern; 1935, became associate producer 
for Republic Productions when Mascot became 
Republic; now producing for Republic. 



LEWIN, ALBERT 

b. New York City, 1894; educ. A.B., New York 
University, 1915; M.A., Harvard University, 
1916; instructor in English, University of Mis- 
souri 1916-17; assistant director, American Jew- 
ish Relief Committee, 1917-18; successively 
scenario writer, story editor, associate producer^ 
for M-G-M; was associate producer for Irving G 
Thalberg; now producing for Paramount. 

LEWIS, ALBERT " 

b. New York City, March 15, 1889; educ. large- 
ly self-gained in earlier youth; in later years 
completed a thorough course in academic in- 
struction by special study; joined the theater in 
hts teens as a producer; formed a partnership 
with Max Gordon which lasted 16 years; through 
this partnership alone, and at times with Sam 
Hams, produced many plays; 1927, produced in- 
dependently; 1928, joined Fox as head of the 
story department; continued there four years; 
1932, joined Paramount as an associate producer; 
1936 joined RKO Radio as an associate producer. 

LEWIS, DAVID ▼ T 

b. Trinidad, Colo.. Dec. 14, 1906; educ. re- 
ceived B.A. and N.A. degrees from the Uni- 
versity of Washington; acting on the New York 
stage and appeared in several plays; joined 
Paramount as associate story editor; later with 
RKO Radio as associate producer; was with 
M-G-M; now with Warner Bros. 

LEWIS, GENE ▼ ▼ 

b. Philadelphia, in 1892; educ. in Philadelphia 
public and high schools; studied medicine for 
two years; started acting in 1914, his part 
being in George Ade's "Artie," produced in 
Chicago; played in New York in "Turn to the 
Right" ; later operated and directed his own 
stock companies ; operated a stock company in 
Dallas for 10 years; also ran companies in 
Memphis. Houston and San Antonio ; entered 
pictures as a director of dialogue, working on 
"Rose of the Rio Grande" ; also directed dia- 
logue for "Aloha." "Drums of Jeopardy," 
"Mothers Millions," "Honeymoon Lane" ; has 
also acted for First National Columbia, RKO- 
Pathe, now a dialogue director at Warner Bros. 

LEWYN, LOUIS ▼ ▼ 

b. Houston, Texas. Dec. 18, 1892; educ. Hous- 
ton. Texas, and Berlin, Germany; Aero Club 
nf American Aviation, medal of Merit, 1919; 
1919, produced air picture released by Sol Les- 
ser; 1923, produced for Columbia release; 1925 
produced for Pathe release; 1927, shorts for 
Paramount; 1928, Radiograms distributed by 
Columbia; produced "Voice of Hollywood" shorts 
for Tiffany release ; produced two series "Holly- 
wood-on-Parade" for Paramount 1932-33-34; pro- 
duced in Technicolor for release by M-G-M 
in 1935; now producing musicals in Technicolor 
for M-G-M release. 



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LIGHTON, LOUIS D. 

b. Omaha, Nov. 25, 1895 ; educ. at the Uni- 
versity of Arkansas; son of William H. LiKlnon, 
noted fiction writer m collaboration with whoiii 
he wrote his own first short stories and later 
wrote novels; during the war enlisted in the an 
service and was made an instructor; 19ly came 
to Los Angeles under contract with the old 
Cloldwyn company to assist in the transcription 
of some of the fiction he and his father had 
written together; after a year with Goldw>n 
free-lanced ; while writing for Universal, he met 
Hope Loring, a scenarist, they were married in 
1920; at the conclusion of his contract with 
Clara Kimball Young, the couple decided to con- 
duct their future activities as a team and be- 
came the noteu scenario duo of Loring and 
Lighton ; free-lanced uniil 1924, when they signed 
for a year with Warner Bros. ; followed by six 
months at M-G-M ; October, 1925, they signed 
with Paramount, went abroad on a vacation 
tour of four months; after their return they 
wrote several scenarios; November, 1925, be- 
came an associate producer at Paramount ; now 
with M-G-M. 

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LIKE, RALPH M. 

b. Sept. 2, 1896; educ. mechanical engineering 
University of 111. ; owned and operated Natural 
Film Laboratories ; entered independent produc- 
tions in 1920: 1927, took over Charles Ray stu- 
dios for recording purposes and production, oper- 
ating under the name of International Film 
.Studios fiir independent productions. 
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LITVAK, MICHAEL ANATOLE 

b. Kiev. Russia, May 1902; directed in Europe; 
I9.i7: directed for RKO ; now directing for 
Warner Bros. 



LLOYD, FRANK 
b. Feb. 1889, Glasgow, Scotland; at IS played 
bits and parts in London ; toured England in 
stock, musical comedies, light operas ; to Los 
Angeles, 1910, appeared in Universals for three 
months ; wrote, directed one reel series for 
"U," also starring; joined Morosco-Pallas Pic- 
tures Co. directing features ; then to Fox, writ- 
ing scenarios; Goldwyn for two years; Joseph 
M. Schenck, Sol Lesser again Schenck; organ- 
ized Frank Lloyd Prod, for First National ; 
1925-26, toured Orient, returning Jan., 1926, re- 
joining First National and in May, 1926, Fa- 
mous; 1927-28-29-30 with First National; voted 
best director of 1929 by Academy of M. P. 
Arts and Sciences; under contract to Fox; 
hobby : golf ; member Academy of M. P. Arts 
and Sciences ; selected one of ten best directors 
of 1928-29 and 1929-30 in "Film Daily" Annual 
Polls; directed "Berkeley Square" and "Caval- 
cade" two of the National Board of Review Ten 
Best of 1933 ; "Berkeley Square"_ voted one of 
the Ten Best Pictures of 1934 in the annual 
Film Daily poll ; directed "Mutiny on the Boun- 
ty" one of the Film Daily Ten Best Pictures of 
1936: directed for M-G-M; now producing and 
directing at Paramount. 

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LLOYD, HAROLD 

b. Burcbard, Neb., April 20, 1893 ; educ. Denver 
and San Diego high schools ; received his stage 
training teaching in dramatic school in San 
Diego for John Lane O'Connor, School of Dram- 
atic Art; appeared with the Burwood stock com- 
])any in Omaha; 1913, began his screen career 
with Edison Company in San Diego ; then to 
Universal ; later with Mack Sennett ; his first 
contract was with Hal Roach for whom he did 



LESLIE ARLISS 



"Rhodes — The Empire Builder" 

Screenplay 

"Windbag the Sailor" 

Original Story 

"Where There's a Will" 

Original Story 

"Everybody Dance" 

Original Story and Screenplay 

"All-in" 

screenplay 

"Good Morning Boys" 

Screenplay 

"0-Kay For Sound" 

S'^reenplay 



". . . Said O'Reilly to McNab" 

Screenplay 

"Rob Roy" 

Original Story and Screenplay 
'Scheduled for Early ProdLiction) 

"Command Performance" 

Original Story 

"Jack Ahoy" 

screenplay 

"Orders Is Orders" 

Screenplay 

"My Old Dutch' 

Original 

"Roadhouse" "Heatwave" 

Screenplay Sreenplay 



All Above for 

Gaumont-British Pictures Corporation 



(Some in Collaboration) 



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"Lonesome Luke" comedies; tlien to Para- 
mount; with Patlic and returned to Paramount 
in 19.54. 

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LOEW, DAVID 

b. New York City, Oct. 5, 1897; educ. New 
York public schools ; Hamilton Institute, New 
York University ; joined Lnew's Theaters in 
1916; 1919, made \ice-president of newly-or- 
ganized Loew's, Inc. ; Iield this office until 1935, 
supervising real estate and theater departments ; 
joined Hal Roach Studios as executive vice- 
president ; 1936, resigned from Roach organiza- 
tion to form his own producing company, star- 
ring Joe E. Brown and releasing through RKO ; 
is completing the RKO contract and will pro 
duce a Joe E. Brown series for Columbia. 

LOGAN, JOSHUA 

b. Te.xarkana. Tex.. Oct. 5, 1908; educ. Culver 
Military Academy. Princeton University; co- 
tounder of the University Players who during 
summer vacations ])ut on plays at Falmouth, 
Mass., after graduation became a stage producer 
and director ; producer and directed plays in Xew 
York and London ; came to Hollywood to be a 
dialogue director; now co-directing for Walter 
Wanger. 

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LORD, DEL 

b. 1895, Grimsley, Can. ; moved to Niagara 
Falls, N. v., when a child; went west with 
Willie Collier and doubled for him in the first 
picture Collier made on the Coast ; later ap- 
peared in Keystone comedies and from there 
went to Fox ; commissioned to direct, unas- 
sisted, Bobby Dunn and Glen Cavender, long 
association with Mack Sennett followed where 
he directed Ben Turpin, Louise Fazenda and 
others ; worked for First National. United 
Artists in 1927-28; later with Educational and 
Sennett and, in 1928-29 a free-lancer ; directing 
Vitaphone Varieties in 1930; later with Mack 
Sennett, Hal Roach, Phil L. Ryan and Columbia ; 
hobbies: speed boat racing and hunting; now 
under contract to Columbia. 

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LORD, ROBERT 

b. Chicago, May 1. 1902; educ. University of 
Chicago high school and Harvard ; reporter on 
the Boston Transcript and Boston Bulletin; 
play-writer and assistant to Robert Milton in 
New York ; writer at East Coast Fox Studios ; 
then Fox West Coast Studios; writer at Colum- 
bia; then at Warner Bros.; 1931, became a pro- 
ducer for Warner Bros., which capacity he still 
fills. 

LOWE, EDWARD T., Jr. 

b. Nashville, Tenn., June 29, 1890; educ. Nash- 
ville; sold his first story to Essanay Pictures; 
wrote numerous screen plays ; joined Fox in 1932. 
worked on Spanish pictures ; was associated with 
John Stone; 1935, became associate producer at 
30th Century-Fox; was an associate producer for 
Phil Goldstone ; now with Paramount. 

LUBIN, ARTHUR 

h. Los Angeles. July 25; educ. Page Military 
Academy ; grammar school and high school in 
San Diego ; while at school was a member of 
stock companies that came to the city ; met 
Harold Lloyd, who gave him his first lessons 
in make-up J was given a scholarship to dramatic 
school ; whde at high school was head of the 
dramatic, debating and musical societies ; went 
to Carnegie Institute at Pittsburgh ; graduated 
with a B.A. ; joined the stage employees' union 
to learn theater craft ; became director for the 
Carnegie Homestead Steel Co. which was in- 
terested in social service work ; returned to Cali- 
fornia to act on the stage and screen ; directed 
one-act plays for the Writers' Club for two years ; 
played in many pictures for Universal. First 



National, Paramount and others ; returned to 
New York to play on the stage ; became casting 
director for Crosby (iaige and the Selwyns ; 
produced and directed his first play ; became a 
director for Ray-Miner Corp., a Paramount sub- 
sidiary; returned to Cahfornia as assistant to 
William LeBaron, Paramount producer ; assisted 
in making the first two Mae West pictures ; 
returned to .New York to direct Lenore Ulric; 
back to California as director for Monogram ; 
was under contract to Reiniblic ; now with Uni- 
versal. 

LUBJTSCH, ERNST 

1). 1892, Iterlin; theatrical career, stage actor 
under Max Keinhardt, touring Europe; 1912, 
began film work as comedy actor, a year later 
becoming short reel comedy director, while con- 
tinuing stage WO' k ; made a feature drama in 
1918, followed by feature work until 1922, when 
he left Berlin for Hollywood; joined Warners, 
1923, later switching to Paramount and M-G-M ; 
some of his early foreign films were distributed 
in the U. S. by First National; selected one 
of the ten best directors of 1925-26, 1926-27, 
1927-28, _ 1928-29, 1929-30 in "Film Daily" 
Directors' Polls ; under contract to Paramount 
in 1928-29-30-31-32; directed "The Patriot," 
selected one of ten best pictures of 1928 in 
.\Mnual ■•I'ilm D.iily" Pull; dnecled for M-tl-M ; 
1935 rejoined Paramount as Managing Director 
of Production ; member Academy of M. P. Arts 
and Sciences ; now has his own producing unit 
at Paramount. 

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LUBY S. ROY 

Ii. in New York City; educ. Stuyvesant High 
School, College of City of New York, New 
York University; entered picture production in 
1918 with Bud Fisher Colmpany, producing 
"Mutt and Jeff" animated cartoons, at the 
same time studying Chemical Engineering at 
night; took prominent part in school dramatics, 
lioth as actor and director; directed Little Thea 
ter Group in New York; ran chain of theaters 
and film exchanges in West Indies 1923-1924; 
in 1925, distribution of pictures with Fox Film 
and Universal in New York City; in 1926, film 
editor and trick photographer with "Out of 
the Inkwell" Comedies; supervised and directed 
those comedies until 1930, besides editing fea- 
tures; came to Hollywood in 1931 as film editor 
with Tiffany, Goldstone and other independent 
producers; now directing for Supreme Pictures 
Corporation and other independents. 

LUDWIG, EDWARD 

h. 1899, Russia; educ. Canada and Xew York; 
writer and actor with Vitagraph and other early 
compatiies ; authored several original features 
then became director of features for F.B.O., 
First National, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Para- 
mount, Universal. Warner Bros.. Wanger and 
Columbia ; now directing for Paramount. 

MacFADDEN, HAMILTON 

b. Chelsea, Mass., in 1901 ; graduate of Har- 
vard, where he studied law ; made his first 
appearance on the stage in Santa Barbara, 
Calif.; acted in "The Beggar on Horseback"; 
staged "Gods of the Lightning," which gained 
Charles Bickford much recognition on Broad- 
way ; directedi the Theatre Guild School of Act- 
ing, his students including Sylvia Sidney, Mar- 
guerite Churchill and Linda Watkins ; directed 
for Fox 5^ years; was at Universal; now free- 
lancing. 

MacLEAN, DOUGLAS 
b. Philadelphia, Pa., January 10; educ. primary 
educational in preparatory schools and Lewis 



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BIOGRAPHIES 



Institute of Technology, Chicago, graduated 
from Northwestern University ; original plan to 
become a broker ; Maude Adams was responsible 
for the brevity of his brokerage career ; played 
opposite her in "Rosalind" ; toured with the 
play an entire season ; followed that with two 
years in stock, later with Morosco Company in 
Los Angeles; Williarn Brady offered him a 
screen part, opposite his daughter, Alice Brady, 
accepted, and his debut on the screen was as sen- 
sational as his initial bow on the stage ; played 
leading parts in many productions supervised 
practically all productions in which he appeared 
after that ; joined Paramount as an associate 
producer; producing independently for Grand 
National release. 

MacRAE. HENRY 

b. Stayner, Ontario, Canada ; educ. elementary 
schools and two years of medicine at Toronto 
University ; own stock company shows in Hawaii, 
Japan, Orient and other parts of globe ; Selig 
induced him to go into pictures as a producer ; 
opened Universal City under Carl Laemmle, ar- 
ranged its dedication over which Thomas _ A. 
Edison presided ; pioneer in use of artificial light 
to make pictures at night; produced hosts of 
pictures at Universal ; producer and supervisor 
of serials at Universal. 

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McCAREY, LEO 

b. Los Angeles ; educ. Los Angeles public 
schools, studied law at Univ. of So. Cal. ; wrote 
vaudeville acts and popular music; then prac- 
ticed law two years; entered pictures 1919 as 
assistant director to Tod Browning, later work- 
ing two-reel natural color subjects for Pathe 
director, then Hal Roach short subject director 
and later vice president and supervisor of 



comedies for Roach, resigning that post in 
1929 to direct for Pathe; later was under con- 
tract to Caddo Prods.; directed at M-G-M ; was 
with Paramount ; now with Columljia. 

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McCAREY, RAY 
b. Los Angeles ; educ. Loyola University, Los 
Angeles ; entered pictures as a "prop" boy at 
Paramount ; became an assistant director at 
Paramount ; was an assistant director at Pathe, 
RKO and Mack Bennett's ; was a member of 
the Fox scenario department for a year ; di- 
rected shorts for Pathe and M-G-M ; directed 
features for Monogram ; was with RKO ; was 
with Paramount and Universal ; now free- 
lancing. 

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McCarthy, john p. 

b. 1885, San Francisco; legitimate actor two 
years ; five years with D. W. Griffith as tech- 
nical director and assistant ; organized Mc- 
Carthy Picture Prod. ; directed for Russell Prod., 
Second National Pictures, Raymond Gardner 
Prod., and, in 1926-27-28, Columbia, M-G-M 
and Pathe ; now free-1;incitr,' ; lioIil)y ; scientific 
research. 

McDonald, frank 

b. Baltimore, Nov. 9, 1899; educ. Baltimore 
public schools and Baltimore City College ; went 
on the stage in a vaudeville skit; 1918, became 
first stage manager of the Greenwich Village 
theater, New York; had 25 stock seasons; 
stage manager of the Elitch's Gardens company, 
Denver, for five seasons ; with the Skowhegan, 
Me., company for three seasons ; played on 
Broadway; directed a Chicago company; came 



CRANE WILBUR 



Original Story 
"HER HUSBAND'S SECRETARY' 

Screen Play 

"DANCE, CHARLIE, DANCE" 

"WAR LORD" 

"WITHOUT WARNING" 

Original Sfory and Screen Plays 

"ALCATRAZ ISLAND" 
"ONE MORE TOMORROW" 

Directed 

"ROBERT BURNS" 
'MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY' 

(Technicoior) 

WARNER BROS. 



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BIOGRAPHIES 



to Hollywood in 1933 as dialogue director for 
Warner Bros., handled dialogue direction on ten 
Warner pictures ; now directing for Warner 
Bros. 

McGANN, WILLIAM 

b. Pittsburgh, Pa., 1895 ; educ. Public schools 
of Los Angeles, Calif. ; went to LaSalle Acad- 
emy, Martinez, Calif. ; University of California, 
Berkeley, Calif. ; started as assistant cam- 
eraman, cameraman, assistant director and di- 
rector in 1924 with Warner Bros. ; still with 
Warner Bro». 

McGOWAN, ROBERT F. 

b. 1886, Denver, Colo.; educ. Denver public 
schools; prop man with Universal, 1913, then a 
scenarist with "U," Christie, Thos. H. Ince, 
Flanagan Prod., Edwards Prod., Carter de 
Haven, Chester Comedies, Roach (Pathe) 
original "Our Gang" comedy director; was 
under contract to Hal Roach, producing and 
directing shorts; then with Paramount; now with 
RKO. 

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McGUIRE, WILLIAM ANTHONY 

b. Chicago, July 9, 1890; educ. Notre Dame; 
while at college worked as dramatic critic on 
South Bend "News" ; also wrote a play pro- 
duced at the Oliver Opera House; at age of 19 
became a copy writer for International Harvester 
Co. ; wrote a play which Henry B. Harris pro- 
duced on Broadway ; play flopped so returned to 
Chicago as a reporter on the Chicago "Record" ; 
wrote several sketches for vaudeville ; then some 
plays ; wrote and staged for Florenz Ziegfeld ; 
between doing a couple of Follies and rewriting 
other people's plays he managed to create some 
more plays ; then to Hollywood for one story ; 
back to Ziegfeld ; returned to Hollywood and 
joined Fox ; later with Universal as writer, di- 
rector and producer; loaned to Samuel Goldwyn ; 
now an associate producer at M-G-M. 

McKAY, JAMES CHARLES 

b. New York City, Jan. 14, 1894; educ. New 
York City grade schools; entered pictures as an 
office boy in 1908 for The Edison Company, New 
York, and has been in the business ever since, 
has had experience in most all branches of it; 
co-directing pictures since 1914 for Universal, 
William Fox, British & Colonial Kinematograph 
Company, London, and M-G-M; directed for Wil- 
liam Fox in 1915; directed for British & Colonial 
Kinematograph Co., London, 1919; co-directed 
propaganda feature for British Government in 
London, 1918, one year in the making, the Armis- 
tice was signed before picture was completed, 
therefore the Government never released it; now 
directing for M-G-M. 

McLEOD. NORMAN Z. 

b. Grayling, Mich., Sept. 30, 1898; three years 
of flying during the war. University of Wash- 
ington, B.S. and M.S. degrees; no stage train- 
ing; cartoonist for Christie and wrote comedy 
subtitles for nine years ; directing since 1927 ; 
directed for Fox; directed '"Mama Loves Papa," 
one of the National Board of Review Ten Best 
in 1933: with Paramount for seven years; now 
free-lancing. 

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MACGOWAN, KENNETH 

b. Winthrop. Mass., Nov. 30. 1888; while pre- 
engineering at Harvard, he listened in on Profes- 
sor George Pierce Baker's drama classes and 
from then on, the engineering profession had 
lost a follower ; career includes chapters as 
dramatic critic ; as motion picture critic ; with 
licity man for Sam Goldwyn ; producer of Eu- 
gene O'Neill's outstanding productions at the 
Provincetown playhouse ; producer in New York ; 
author of erudite volumes _ on theater-craft ; suc- 
cessively story editor, editor-in-chief and asso- 



ciate producer for RKO Radio ; now associate 
producer at 20th Century-Fox. 

MACK, ROY 

b. 1890, New Brunswick, N. J.; with Gus Ed- 
wards' original Schooldays act ; joined Sennett 
in 1914 as Keystone Kop ; later with British 
International at Eistree, followed by vaudeville 
and musical comedy ; dance director ; returned 
to pictures 1928 as director for First National ; 
now directing at Warner Bros, eastern studio. 

MACK, RUSSELL 

b. 1892, Oneonta, N. Y. ; educ. Providence, 
R. I. ; first stage experience with Ward and 
Yokes ; owned four stock companies on Long 
Island and in Brooklyn ; produced and played 
in "The Four-Flusher" ; directed dialogue on 
RKO's "Rio Rita" and "Seven Keys to Bald- 
pate" ; directed "The Second Wife" ; was with 
Pathe, Universal, M-G-M ; now free-lancing. 
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MALVERN, PAUL 

b. Portland, Ore.. Jan. 20. 1901 ; has been as- 
sociated with theatrical enterprises for the past 
20 years; joined Monogram Pictures in 1931, as 
production manager for westerns, also produced 
a number of that company's features, as well as 
Bob Steele, Rex Bell and John Wayne westerns ; 
joined Republic Productions at the time of its 
organization in 193S, as producer of the John 
Wayne western series ; to supervise John Wayne 
series at Universal. 

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MAMOULIAN, ROUBEN 

b. 1898, Tiflis, Russia; family lived in Russia 
until ha finished schooling, then to Moscow, 
where he enrolled as a law student, working 
evenings at Studio Theater, branch of Moscow 
Art Theater ; after graduating from Moscow 
Univ. turned to the stage, acting and directing 
a theater at Tiflis ; to London and directed a 
Russian company ; while staging "The Beating 
on the Door" at St. James Theater, London, 
was engaged by George Eastman to direct ac- 
tivities of Eastman Theater in Rochester, com- 
ing to U. S. in 1924 to fill that post; produced 
operas, operetta and dramas in Rochester ; joined 
Theater Guild in New York and staged "Porgy," 
"Wings Over Europe," "Marco Millions" and 
other piays ; signed by Paramount in 1929 to 
make sound features; 1935 directed "Becky 
Sharp," first feature to be made in the new 
three-color Technicolor ; was with Pickford-Lasky ; 
Now at Paramount. 

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MANDEL, FRANK 

b. May 31, 1884. San Francisco; B. L. 1904, 
University of California ; wrote many successful 
stage plays; member. Authors League; m. ; 
Alice Solis, March 17, 1920, child, Alfred; Club: 
Lambs; home, Larchmont. N. Y. ; now an asso- 
ciate producer at Warner Bros. 

MANDER, MILES 

b. Wolverhampton, England ; educ. Harrow and 
McGill LTniversity, Montreal ; raised sheep in 
N'ew Zealand ; became stage actor in 1920 ; be- 
gan screen career in 1921, acting for Stoll's ; 
formed own producing company; made 15 talk- 
ing shorts which he wrote and directed; directed 
"Fascination," starring Madeleine Carroll and in 
which Merle Oberon and Freddie Bartholomew 
had their first screen parts. 
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MANKIEWICZ. JOSEPH 

b. Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Feb. 11; educ. Columbia 
University, New York City; went to Berlin 
as assistant correspondent for Chicago Tribune; 
to Ufa in Berlin translating subtitles into Eng- 
lish for release in England and U. S.; returned 
to America in 1929 and went to Hollywood to 



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join his brother, Herman, on the writing staff 
at Paramount; titled six pictures in eight weeks; 
wrote dialogue and screenplays on many pic- 
tures; in 1935, with Oliver H. P. Garrett won 
Academy award of best original of 1934 for 
authoring of "Manhattan Melodrama"; now 
with M-G-M as a producer. 

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MANNIX, EDGAR J. 

b. Fort Lee, N. J.. Feb. 26, 1891 ; educ. in 
public schools of Fort Lee and Hackensack, 
where he was graduated in 1907 from high 
school ; for five years he was connected with 
the theatrical profession as manager of eastern 
shows ; for fourteen consecutive seasons was the 
manager of Palisades Park; 1916, entered the 
picture industry, being affiliated with Allan 
Dwan ; became manager of Norma and Constance 
Talmadge productions, produced by Joseph M. 
Schenck ; when the producing units of that or- 
ganization were moved to California he remained 
East as the representative of all Schenck pro- 
ductions ; following the merger of the Metro 
with the Goldwyn company and Louis B. Mayer, 
he was sent to California as the financial comp- 
troller at the M-G-M studios ; later became 
studio manager and assistant to Irving G. 
Thalberg ; now vice-president and general man- 
ager of the M-G-M Studios. 

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MANNON, ALFRED T. 

b. Philadelphia, Dec. 22, 1897; educ. Stuyvesant 
high school. New York City, and Columbia col- 
lege school of architecture; production executive 
and president and treasurer of Republic Studios, 
Inc., reorganized from the Tec-Art Studios: in 
1930, supervised for the Van Beuren Corp., Tom 
Terriss in the Vagabond Adventures series; in 



1931, produced six Howard Jones "Football for 
the Fan" reels, and the "Voice of Hollywood" 
series for Educational release; since 1931 pro- 
ducing features. 

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MANSFIELD, DUNCAN 

b. Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 17, 1897; m. Helen 
Kolb ; educ. Braham & Huges Military School, 
Spring Hill, Tenn. ; started with Thos. H. Ince, 
1914; with Selznick 1919; Schenck, 1921; In 
spiration Pictures, 1922; two years in Italy 
with Paramount, 1924; B. & D. two years 
L'^nited Artists, 1931; 1934-35 screenplays; co 
directed for Paramount; in 1937: directed B. F 
Zeldman productions for Grand National. 

MARCUS, LEE 

b. Buffalo, N. Y., Dec. 7, 1893; educ. public 
schools there; later an exhibitor; 1919, after the 
War and service overseas, a salesman for Real- 
art in Buffalo ; became a booker ; entered foreign 
department of Selznick Pictures ; as an executive 
salesman, he worked for Robertson-Cole and F. 
B. O. in New York; came to RKO through the 
merger with F. B. O., as assistant sales man- 
ager; 1929, president of RKO Pathe, handling 
production and distribution work for the Pathe 
studio ; 1934, assistant to Lou Brock, RKO 
short subject producer ; took over his work when 
Brock became a feature producer ; now produc- 
ing features for RKO. 

MARIN, EDWIN L. 

b. Jersey City, N. J., 1899; educ. Jersey City 
high school and University of Pennsylvania; en- 
tered pictures in 1919 with Paramount as as- 
sistant cameraman ; joined Tiffany in New York 
as second cameraman and assistant director; 



Edgar G. Ulmer 


DIRECTOR 

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"N ATALKA POLTAVKA" 


"GREEN FIELDS" 


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returned to Paramount as assistant director, 
later joined Robert T. Kane as assistant direc- 
tor and unit manager; came to Coast in I92(i 
for First National ; later joined Paramount as 
assistant director; started directing talking pic- 
tures in 1931 for K.B.S. then went to Mono- 
gram and Universal; now with M-G-M. 

MARKEY, GENE 

b. Jackson, Michigan, Dec. 11, 189S ; educ. 
Dartmouth College; wrote novels, plays, and 
many magazine stories; entered pictures in 1928 
when his novel, "Stepping High" was bought 
by RKO and he was engaged to write addi- 
tional dialogue; did originals for Paramount; 
Pathe, Radio, M-G-M, Warners, First National; 
sold original stories to Capitol Films, London 
and Fox-British; now with 20th Century-Fox as 
producer-writer. 

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MARSHALL, GEORGE E. 
b. 1891, Chicago; educ. St. John's Military 
Academy, Wisconsin, and Univ. of Chicago; 
before pictures traveled extensively; 1913, be- 
gan tilm work with Universal as extra, appear- 
ing in shorts and a serial ; director of shorts, 
1914, for same company, making Westerns until 
1917, when he enlisted in World War; returned 
1919, joined Pathe and made Ruth Roland ser- 
ials : then to Fox on features, later shorts ; 
March, 1925, promoted to supervising director 
of all Fox short units; supervising shorts dept, 
for ihuL tomijanv .n 1 j-uZ/'-^S. ninclor ot 

Smitty comedies for Pathe; in 1928-29, shorts 

tor \ ail mneii anu utiitrs; free-lancing in lyjU; 
directed Bobby Jones golf shorts for Warner 
Bros.; directed for Mack Sennett and Hal 
Roach; now directing features for 20th Century- 
Fox. 

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MARTIN, PAUL 

b. February 8, Klausenburg, Hungary ; educ. 
attended high school in Budapest, went to school 
in seven other cities in Hungary; studied me- 
dicine in Berlin two years in the clinics of 
Profs. Sanerbrugh and Brier; volunteered and 
was accepted in the army of the Central Powers 
when 16, spent three months in an officers' 
training school and three at the front end.ng up 
as a lieutenant of infantry; after the war was 
in the wholesale drug business for year and a 
half, business failed; left Hungary went to 
Vienna, where he met Michael Curtiz, who 
advised him to go to Berlin ; worked as an ex- 
tra for year and a half, finally landed a job 
as a second assistant and later became first 
assistant, was a film cutter for Eric Pommer; 
liecame co-director with Eric Charell on "Con 
gres Dances," then a full fledged director, di- 
rected for Fox; now free-lancing in Europe. 

MARX SAMUEL 

b. New York City, 1902; educ. New York pub- 
lic schools, Hamilton Institute, Columbia Uni- 
versity ; entered Universal export department ; 
later joined Robertson-Cole export department ; 
came to Universal City as assistant to Jack 
Conway ; returned to New York, joined staff of 
"Zit's" ; later became editor of "New York 
Amusements" ; also connected with radio station 
WMCA; 1930-1936, story editor for M-G-M; 
was an AI-G-jM producer; now with Samuel Gold- 
wyn. 

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MAY, JOE 

1). Vienna, Austria; educ. at the Gymnasium in 
Vienna and the University of Berlin's School 
of Agriculture; in 1909 went to work as an 
under secretary in the Hamburg Theater and 
soon was elevated to position of director of thi 
theater; joined the Continental Art Film Com- 
pany and produced from 1911 to 1913 first 



picture was "In the Depths of the Mine": 
later formed his own company the A. G. and 
released through various organizations; in 1916 
was called to the front in Austria and put in 
charge of film department; 1917 became asso 
ciated with U. F. A.; 1918 produced "Veritan 
Vincit" ; in 1919 produced "Mistress of the 
World," starring his wife Mia May; this was 
released in eight installments; 1923 was offered 
a contract with Paramount but preferred to re- 
main in Germany, built his own studio at 
Woltersdorf, first film city in Europe; in 193U 
made a trip to Hollywood to study the tech- 
nical innovations here and in spite of offers 
to remain, returned to Germany and produced 
many pictures; 1931 worked for Pathe-Natan 
Films, also for Paris, Mediterrane which he 
helped organize ; brought to United States by 
Harry Cohn of Columbia Pictures ; was with 
Fox ; now with Warner Bros. 
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MAYER, LOUIS B. 

b. Europe, July 4, 1885; p. Sarah Meltzer and 
Jacob Mayer, non-professional; educ. public 
schools, St. John, New Brunswick; m. Mar- 
garet Shemburg ; first theatrical venture was the 
operation of a small theater in Haverhill, Mass. 
The house was in poor condition but he reno- 
vated it and reopened it; having won the con- 
fidence of his patrons, he soon had the leading 
theater in the town; then decided to give social 
attractions such as the Boston Opera company, 
"Peter Pan," with Maude Adams and "The 
Littlest Rebel," with the Farnums as the at- 
tractions ; was a huge success ; one by one all of 
the five theaters in Haverhill came under his 
control ; later branched out and with Nat Gor- 
don formed the Gordon-Mayer theatrical chain, 
the strongest in New England at that time ; be- 
came interested in the exchange end of the busi- 
ness, and soon was recognized as one of the 
biggest buyers of film in the country, as well 
as enjoying an enviable reputation as a rare 
judge of a picture's commercial possibilities ; 
his background of sound experience made him 
logical head of operations when the greatest 
merger up to that time in film history brought 
together the picture-making forces of Metro- 
Goldwyn-Mayer ; under his management that or- 
ganization has become one of the greatest film 
producing organizations in the world, producing 
an average of more than 60 pictures each year ; 
president of the Motion Picture Producers As- 
sociation. 

MAYNARD, KEN 

b. Mission, Texas, July 21, 1895; educ. graduated 
from Virginia Military Institute; became in- 
terested in trick riding when a child; at the 
age of 14 ran away to join a cheap wagon show; 
his father persuaded him to take a course in 
civil engineering and he was one of the young- 
est civil engineers in the Army; in 1923 was 
with Ringling Brothers' circus; in 1923, made his 
first picture, since that time has been starred in 
a long series of western vehicles by First Na- 
tional, Universal, Tiffany; now producing and 
acting. 



MAYO, ARCHIE 



b. 1896, New York; appeared in Alcazar Stock. 
'Frisco, Sid Grauman's prologues, Hollywood; 
Hugh Mcintosh Stock Co., in Australia, and 
vaudeville, U. S. ; first film work with Hamilton- 
White Prod, as scenarist and writer of origin- 
als; director for Jack White, doing short come- 
dies, same with Christie, and then features for 
Joseph Schenck, returned to Christie ; features 
for M-G-M, and Columbia Pictures, 1926; then 
worked for Warners ; under contract to Warner 
Bros. 1927 1937; now with Samuel (loldwyn. 



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MEINS. GUS 

b. 1896 ; editor, cartoonist, "Los Angeles Even- 
ing Herald"; Fox, 1919, scenarist and gag man; 
same positions with others ; two-reel comedies ; 
assistant director, then director, with Sennett ; 
directed Ben Turpin ; made shorts and features ; 
short reel comedies, Stern Bros., switching to 
Universal shorts department in 1929; was witii 
Hal Roach directing comedy features and shorts; 
now free-lancing. 

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MELFORD, GEORGE 

b. 1889, Rochester, N. Y. ; educ. McGill Univ. ; 
legitimate actor seven years ; first with Kalem, 
as actor and then director ; directed with Fam- 
ous, Metropolitan (P.D.C.), Universal; mem- 
ber Academy of M. P. Arts and Sciences ; has 
made over 500 films, features and shorts; in 
1928-29, with RKO, M-G-M, Fox, and then a 
free-lancer; 1930 "Vikings of North", first all- 
dialogue film made in Arctic Caxle ; was with 
Universal ; now free-lancing. 

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MENDES, LOTHAR 

b. Berlin ; joined Ernst Lubitsch in Max Rcin- 
hardt's company as an actor ; in legitimate sev- 
eral years until persuaded by Paul Davidson, 
former Ufa (Berlin) production head, to enter 
films ; learned production and became director 
with Ufa; in 1926, Robert T. Kane signed him 
in Berlin to come to U. S.; arrived in Neu 
York late 1926; 1927, went to Hollywood and 
joined Paramount, working for company in 
1927-28-29-30-31-32; now directing in England. 
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MENZIES, WILLIAM CAMERON 

b. July 29, 1896, New Haven Conn. ; educ. Scot- 



land four years, grammar school New Haven, 
Yale College two years ; left college to attend 
Students' Art League in New York ; entered 
Navy and went over seas with the rank of 
ensign, saw fifteen months of service in foreign 
waters ; returned to New York at conclusion of 
war and obtained work with Famous Players 
as art director ; has followed this vocation ever 
since, or until he was signed by Fox Films to 
direct pictures ; was art director for Raoul 
Walsh and the Mayfair Company, did two pic- 
tures at First National, one for Mary Pickford 
and "The Thief of Bagdad" starring Douglas 
Fairbanks; was under contract tu Fox and Para- 
mount ; directed in England ; now directing for 
Selznick - 1 nternational. 

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MEYER, FRED S. 

b. Germany, Oct. 22, 1891; educ. high school 
and pre-college in Germany, post graduate Co- 
lumbia; manager of Grand Theater, Chicago, 
1909; in 1910, started as a salesman with 
Laemmle Film Service, Chicago; has been in 
Universal employ practically ever since, except 
ing only time he was in business for himself; 
1912-18, Minneapolis and Milwaukee; 1919-26, 
opened and operated Palace Theater, Hamilton, 
Ohio; 192'6, general manager, Universal's 68 
theaters, Kansas City, Mo.; 1927-30, general 
manager, Milwaukee Theater Circuit (U.); 1930 
to 1932, manager, Alhambra Theater; personally 
took over lease and assumed operation of Al- 
hambra Theater, Milwaukee, in 1933, which he 
operated until July, 1934; active in exhibition 
organization affairs since 1921; headed Milwau- 
kee unit M. P. T. O. A. 1927-1930 and Wis- 
consin state unit from 1930 to 1934; two years 



JULE STYNE 

Vocal Superpisor 

"WAKE UP AND LIVE" 

"IN OLD CHICAGO" 

"ALI BABA GOES TO TOWN" 

"YOU CANT HAVE EVERYTHING" 

and 
Personal Vocal Coach to 

Alice Faye, Tony Martin and Leah Ray 
20th CENTURY-FOX 



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national secretary, M. P. T. O. A.; chairman 
of its committee on public relations; directoi 
and member executive committee, 1932-34; 
spokesman at code hearings in Washington; 
past president, Rotary Club; numerous fraternal 
organizations; now an executive at Universal. 
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MILESTONE, LEWIS 

Entered pictures, 1919; served in practically all 
production posta until he became director, 1925, 
for Warners ; first feature was "Seven Sinners" ; 
loaned to Famous latter part of 1926, and made 
a Harold Lloyd picture ; returned to Warners 
early 1927, then United Artists; with Paramount 
in 1928, returning to United Artists in 1929 ; 
directed "All Quiet on the Western Front," 
voted one of the "Ten Best Pictures of 1930" 
in the FILM DAILY poll; selected one of the 
"Ten Best Directors of 1930-31" in annual FILM 
DAILY poll; directed "Front Page"; was pro- 
ducing and directing for United Artists; member 
Academy of M. P. Arts and Sciences; now with 
Hal Roach. 

MILNER, DAN 

Film Editor for Mayfair Productions; in 1935, 
directed for Victory Pictures. 

MINTZ. CHARLES 

Producer of Krazy Kat, Scrappy, Color Rhap- 
sody, and Barney Google cartoons ; started in 
the cartoon business by releasing the Felix Car- 
toons in 1921 ; then produced and released the 
Krazy Kats on the state rights market ; was the 
first cartoon producer to get a release for his 
product with a major distributor that was F. 
B. O. ; it included a series of Krazy Kats and 
a series of Alices; Walt Disney was his pro- 
duction chief on the latter series ; discovered 
Walt Disney and was the first to appreciate 
the young man with great ideas ; with Disney 
still as production chief he produced the original 
Oswald series for Universal release ; at the sam« 
time he switched his Krazy Kat release to Para- 
mount ; has been producing for Columbia re- 
lease exclusively since the advent of the talkies ; 
created the Scrappy character in 1931 and the 
Color Rhapsodies in 1934 ; is president of the 
Motion Picture Cartoon Producers Assn. 

MOELLER, PHILIP 

b. New York City on 34th Street, where the 
Macy's store now stands; educ. in public schools 
and DeWitt-Clinton high school and is a gradu- 
ate and post-graduate of Columbia University, 
Bachelor and Master of Arts degrees; the the- 
ater has been his life; one of the founders of 
the Theater Guild in 1919; in 15 years has 
directed some 60 plays for Theater Guild ; 
brought to Hollywood by RKO-Radio on a three 
year directorial contract with the understanding 
that he shall direct films at the Radio Studios 
during the summer months when the Guild is 
not producing and this will not affect his relation- 
ship with that institution. 
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MOHR, HAL 

b. San Francisco, Cal., Aug. 2. 1894; h. 6 feet, 
2 inches; dark brown hair and hazel eyes; w. 
205 pounds; p. Rosalie Renargue and Michael 
Mohr, non-professionals ; educ. Polytechnic high 
school of San Francisco; m. Evelyn Venable, 
professional ; hy. photography, radio and avia- 
tion ; cameraman for a number of years with 
First National, Warner Bros., 20th Century- 
Fox; won the 1935 Academy Award for best 
cinematography on "A Midsummer Night's 
Dream" ; now directing. 

MOORE, VIN 

b. Mayville, New York ; edu. Colorado School 
of Mines ; twenty years on stage and screen ; 
started directing in 1917; two years with Cen- 
tury Comedies ; two years with Fox ; two years 



with Selig; two years with C. L. Chester; with 
Universal since 1923 as director, writer and 
now directing their feature comedies; last four 
pictures "Cohens- and Kellys in Africa," "Many 
a Slip," "Virtuous Husband" and "Ex Bad 
Boy" ; under long time contract to Universal ; 
now free-lancing. 



MORROS, BORIS 



b. Alexandrovsk, Russia, Jan. 1, 1895; educ. 
Imperial Conservatory at St. Petersburg; for- 
merly musical director Imperial Opera, St. 
Petersburg, and founder, Chauve Souris Com- 
pany; engaged by Adolph Zukor as musical di- 
rector, Memphis; promoted to musical director, 
Paramount-Publix Southern Theaters; later mu- 
sical and production director, all Paramount- 
Publix Theaters; managing director, New York 
Paramount, 1932; came to Hollywood as musical 
director of Paramount Productions. 

MURPHY, DUDLEY 

b. 1897, Boston; graduate of Boston Institute 
of Technology ; assistant director in the East ; 
assisted Rex Ingram on a number of produc- 
tions; while in France, conceived the idea for 
the short film, ■"Ballet iMecaiiiciue," and directed 
this as his first assignment; directed for FBO ; 
sent to New York early in 1929 to work at 
RCA studio; with with MG-M ; free-lanced in 
England ; an organizer of Associated Artists. 

MURPHY, RALPH 
b. Rockville, Conn., in 1895; educ. Holyoke 
High School and Syracuse University, where 
he took academic and law courses ; was member 
of class of 1916; acted with the original Wash- 
ington Square Players, Henry Miller, George 
M. Cohan, John Golden ; was assistant under 
Winchell Smith ; directed his own stock com- 
panies ; wrote five plays, which were produced 
on Broadway ; joined Pathe in 1930' as a writer 
and director; later with Charles R. Rogers 
Prods. ; then directing and writing for RKO 
Pathe ; was directing for Rogers Productions, 
releasing through Paramount; member Lambs' 
Club; was under contract to Universal; now 
free-lancing. 

MYERS, ZION 

b. San Francisco ; wrote, directed many comedy 
shorts for Universal, Educational, RKO and M- 
G-M, including M-G-M dog comedies in 1930; 
produced shorts for Universal and Columbia ; 
was producing features for RKO ; now co-pro- 
ducing with Victor Schertzinger for Grand 
National. 

NATTEFORD, JACK 

b. Nebraska ; found way into pictures through 
newspaper and stage work ; wrote magazine 
stories; cut and titled hundrreds of silent pic- 
tures and wrote stories and scripts for a hun- 
dred more; since 1920 with Tiffany, Columbia, 
Universal, M. H. Hoffman and others as writer 
and editor ; now supervising "Three Mesqui- 
teers" series for Sol Siegel, Republic producer. 

NEILL. R. WILLIAM 
b. 1890, Dublin, Ireland; educ. by private 
tutor; legitimate actor, opposite Lillian Russell, 
in London, later on American circuits ; wrote 
a play, "Prince o' My Dreams," later other 
plays ; screen career, 1 Yi years with Thos. Ince, 
followed by Famous, Hodkinson, First National, 
Paramount, United Artists, Equity Pictures, Fox, 
First National directed silent pirt-'- ^ f , . nv 
Lumas, Warner Bros, and, in 1928-29, Colum- 
bia, Technicolor and free-lancing; directed for 
Tiffany ; was with Columbia ; now free-lancing 
in England ; hobbies : golf and outdoor sports. 



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NEUFELD, SIG 

Entered motion pictiae business in 1911 as a 
cutter with Universal ; was under contract to 
them until about 1927, during which time he 
was promoted by varioos steps; between 1922 
and 1927 was an associate producer for Univer 
sal; 1927-1930, was associated with Columbia 
Fox, KBS and with various independent com 
panies ; in 1932 and 1933, produced a series of 
twelve features for Tower and Premier Pictures 
in 1934, became associated with Ambassador 
Pictures, Inc., as secretary-treasurer and asso- 
ciate producer ; now with Excelsior Pictures. 
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NEUFIELD, SAM 

First directorial work with Stern Bros.-Uni- 
versal, 1925, making comedies ; for same com- 
pany made series of two-reel "Excuse Makers," 
"What Happened to Jane" and others; for 
Stern Film Co., releasing through Universal, 
directed series of "Let George Do It" and 
series of "Buster Browns," both two-reel com- 
edy groups ; other shorts for Universal in 1928- 
29 ; directed "Chimp" Comedies at Tiffany ; now 
directing independent features. 
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NEUMANN. KURT 

b. Neuremburg, Germany, 1906 ; studied music 
for years in Germany and England before enter- 
ing theatrical work; entered pictures in 1925; 
Carl Laemmle, Jr., brought him to Hollywood 
from a London theater where he was in charge 
of directing stage presentations in 1927 ; direc- 
ted Spanish versions, also German version of 
"King of Jazz" for Universal; directed series 
of musical shorts and Slim Summerville come- 
dies for two years ; "The Information Kid" was 
first feature picture; also directed "Kings Up" 



with Tom Mix; hobbies: accomplished pianist 
and singer ; secret ambition may lead him eventu- 
ally to the concert stage if movies do not 
completely absorb his interest; was with Uni- 
versal, M("i-.M and Sol Lesser. 

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NEWMAN, JOSEPH M. 

b. Aug. 7, 1909, Logan, Utah; attended gram- 
mar school in Hollywood and Venice and Venice 
California High School ; started picture work in 
1925 as an office boy at Metro; was script 
clerk ; became assistant director working under 
George Hill ; was assistant to Ernst Lubitsch, 
W. S. Van Dyke, Robert Z. Leonard; now 
under contract to M-G-M to direct short sub- 
jects. 

NEWMEYER, FRED 

b. 1891, Central City, Colo.; played profes- 
sional baseball 1908 to 1913; entered pictures 
1913 as an extra with Universal; graduated to 
prop man, and later to assistant director and 
finally director ; has directed Harold Lloyd, 
Douglas MacLean, Leon Errol, Ben Lyon, W. 
C. Fields, Reginald Denny, Richard Dix, Eddie 
Dowling ; worked for Sono-Art. Dowling's unit, 
1928-29; with Pathe and Paramount in 1929- 
30; directed for Columbia; now unh H,j| 
Roach ; hobby : mining. 



NICHOLLS, GEORGE, Jr. 

h. San Francisco, May 5, 1897 ; educ. public 
schools of New York City ; when a small child 
was signed to a contract with the Biograph 
Company and played in many pictures with 
Mary Pickford and other stars of the early 
silent days; at 17 years of age was a member 



LEWIS SEILER 



Director 
"TURN OFF THE MOON" 

Paramount 

Now Directing for 
WARNER BROS. 



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of the Selig Picture stock company with Jack 
Pickford ; decided there was no future for liini 
as an actor and turned to camera work ; hrst 
assignment was as an assistant cameraman ; 
graduated to a first cameraman and then went 
in as head of the property department ; tiie next 
step toward his directorship was as a cutter ; 
as a tiim editor he won such an outstandniH 
reputation that studios hesitated to lose his ser- 
vices to promote hmi to a directorsliip ; his 
cliance finally came with KRO RacHo stud.os in 
1934; now free-lancing. 



NIGH, WILLIAM 



b. 1881, Berlin, Wise; educ. Univ. of Calif., 
Berkeley ; wrote first play while at college ; 
1900, appeared in it; farmer, writer, cartoonist, 
painter ; played m musical comedy ; played parts 
with Keystone Comedy Co., heavies with Sen- 
nett, starred by Fox, later wrote and directed 
for Reliance, California M. P. Corp., Fox. 
First National ; directed for Johnny Dooley 
Comedies, Democracy Photoplays, Warners, 
Prod. Security Corp., Apollo State Rights, or- 
ganized Frank Nicholson Prod., 1924 ; "Fire 
Brigade," for M-G-M, 1926: with M-G-M in 
1927-28-29; directed for Monogram and M. H. 
Hoffman; was with Universal; now free-lancing; 
member Academy of M. P. Arts and Sciences, 
Friar's Club, N. Y. ; Lamb's Club, N. Y. 

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NOBLE, JOHN WINTHROP 

b. Albemarle County, 1880; educ. West Point 
Military Academy ; served U. S. Army, 8 
years, Phillipines, China, engineer in Mexico ; 
five years in stock, Broadway productions, and 
vaudeville; joined Thanhouser, 1911, assistant 
director, director; directed about 100 shorts for 
Universal and Mutual; two years with Metro; 
with Vitagraph, Selznick, Frohman, G'oldwyn, 
Griffith. Lyceum Film Bureau, Educational, 
Metropolitan Pictures (P. D. C), EUbee Pic- 
tures ; writer of plays and short stories, scenar- 
ios; supervisor of production and executive of 
American Sound Recording Corp., sound pro- 
ducers in New York, organized in 1929 ; has 
directed over 100 sound pictures via Fox Movie- 
tone and Western Electric processes ; 1928 was 
director-in-chief M-G-M in the East; still in 
the East. 

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NORTH. ROBERT 

b. New York City, Feb. 2. 1884; stage experi- 
ence in Broadway plays; early in 1932 became 
an associate producer for Fox; later in 1932 
with Columbia, which capacity he fulfilled until 
1936 ; now with Paramount. 

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NOVARRO, RAMON 

Actiji : r. m. Ramiin .Samaniegoes ; b. Durango. 
Mexico. Feb. 6. 1905; h. 5 feet. 8 inches; black 
hair and brown eyes; w. 155 pounds; educ. 
college in Mexico; hy. music and violin; ap- 
peared with the Marion Morgan dancers in 
1919; appeared in many screen productions; 
1935-37 in overseas production as director and 
actiir; now producing for Republic. 



NUGENT, ELLIOTT 



b. 1899 Dover. Ohio; educ. B. A.— Ohio State 
University ; started on stage at age of 4 ; be- 
gan writing while in High School ; began real 
professional work upon leaving college; first 
motion picture work was "Kempy" written by 
J. C. Nugent (his father) and himself; played 
leading parts in \. V. ; co-directed, acted in 
"The Last Flight" ; co-directed for Warner 
Bros. ; directed "Three-Cornered Moon." one of 
the National Board of Review Ten Best of 1933 ; 
was under contract to Paramount ; now with 
Columbia. 



OLCOTT, SIDNEY 

b. Toronto, Can. ; educ. Toronto ; legitimate 
actor 10 years; 1906, started with Mutoscope 
Co., acting ; director with Kalem, Paramount, 
Arrow, Producers Security Corp., Goldwyn, 
American Releasing Corp., Goldwyn-Cosmopoli- 
tan, Paramount, Inspiration, Unucrsai, aiin in 
1927 to England to become production director 
of British Lion Film Corp., remaining in Eng- 
land in 1927-28-29; now free-lancing; first 
American director to make pictures in Europe 
making series of 14; member Friars, Lambs 
N. Y., Academy of M. P. Arts and Sciences ; 
hobby : collecting antiques. 

OSTROW, LOU 

I). Cincinnati, Feb. 15; has been engaged in pro- 
duction in Hollywood for many years ; resigned 
as executive producer at Monogram early in 
1934, to join Universal as an associate producer; 
now an associate producer for M-G-JM. 

PARKER, ALBERT 

b. 1889, New York; legitimate actor 15 years; 
began film career, 1916, with Triangle, Yonkers, 
N. Y. ; later directed for Paiamount, E(|Uity, 
First National, Unted Artists, (Fairbanks' 
"Black Pirate") ; 1927-28, producing in Eng- 
land ; now directing in England ; member 
Lambs' Club, New York; Academy of M. P. 
Arts and Sciences. 

PARROTT, JAMES 

h. 1893, Baltimore; stage career, two years 
Irish monologue, vaudeville and burlesque; dis- 
covered by Al Christie at Universal, and worked 
ill Sennett's Keystone comedies, first as actor, 
then as assistant director, finally director, 
working on Fox lot; then Bull's Eye Comedies, 
the De Haven comedy series, Pathe, "All-Star" 
unit and then directing Charley Chase, who is 
his Iirother ; made Max Davidson series of 
shorts in 1927-28, with Fox on shorts in 1928- 
29. then a free-lancer; directed for Hal Roach; 
hobbies; hunting, fishing; now free-lancing. 

PARSONS, LINDSLEY 

b. Tacoma, Wash., Sept. 12, 1905; educ. Uni- 
versity of California at Los Angeles, Calif., 
member of Kappa Alpha (Southern) fraternity; 
newspaper experience with City News Service, 
Los Angeles ; Alhambra Post- Advocate, Alham- 
bra; Calexico Chronicle; Santa Rosa Press-Demo- 
crat; Humbolt Times; San Mateo News (editor 
and publisher) ; joined Monogram Pictures Corp. 
in July, 1931, as publicity director; wrote screen- 
plays; now supervising Tex Ritter series for 
errand National. 

PASTERNAK, JOSEPH 

b. Szilgy Somlyo. Hungary. Sept. 19, 1901; 
educ. in Huiifjary: in 1923 became an assistant 
director at Famous Players-Lasky, Astoria, 
Lon.sr Island, studio; assisted Allan Dwan and 
Wesley Ruggles; in 1926 came to Hollywood; 
directed El Brendel in two-reel comedy; was 
assistant director at Universal; in 1928 went 
tn Europe for Universal; produced in Berlin, 
Budapest and Vienna; his pictures starred Fran- 
cisca Gaal; Paul Kemp, Louise Ulrich, Paul 
Herberger, Hans Holt; Henry Koster and 
Stephen Szekley were among his directors; 
Nicholas Brodsky composed music for his pic- 
lures; prodiiceil "Paprika," which Berlin critics 
voted best picture of 1931; made "Veronica," 
also a prize-winner: his "Spring Parade" won 
the Mussolini award, while "Peter" was winner 
of the International Congress Medal in Moscow; 
now at Universal City. 

PAUL, VAL 

Was with Universal; then with Charles R. 
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where he produced; when Rogers took over Uni- 
versal, he went with him as a producer. 
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PEARCE, A. LESLIE 

Lengthy career on stage; from stage director 
ill 1928 to director of sound features, making 
"Carnation Kid" for Paramount and "A Bird in 
the Hand"; 1929, collaborating with Hollv 
wood producers on dialogue direction; directed 
for RKO, Christie and Mack Sennett in 1929- 
30; directed "Meet the Wife"; was under cc- 
tract to Mack Sennett ; now free-lancing in 
England. 

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PEMBROKE, SCOTT 

Directed features for F.B.O.; Columbia, First 
Division and Rayart in 1926-27-28; continued 
with Rayart in 1929; in 1933 wrote a continuity 
for I'niversal ; in 1935, directed for Republic; 
was in England ; now free-lancing in Hollywood. 

PERLBERG, WILLIAM 

b. New York City, Oct. 22, 1896; educ. New 
York and St. Louis schools; graduate of Cor- 
nell L'niversity ; worked for William Morris 
Agency in New York f'^r five years ; William 
Morris Agency in Hollywood for ten years; 
1933 joined Columbia as casting director, worked 
at that for one year ; then became executive 
assistant to Harry Cohen, president of Colum- 
bia Pictures ; became a producer. 



PICHEL, IRVING 



b. Pittsburgh, June 24, 1891 ; educ. graduated 
from Central High School, Pittsburgh, and Har- 



vard in 1914; stage experience as an actor; was 
member of the advisory board of the Theater 
Guild; accepted an offer from M-G-M and spent 
six months writing for pictures ; was under con- 
tract to RKO Radio as director and player; 
featured played for Paramount ; co-directed at 
RKO Radio ; now directing for Republic. 

PIVAR, BEN 

b. 1902, Manchester, England ; educ. City Col- 
lege of New York; manager Murphy & Co., N. 
Y. developers of amateur photography pictures ; 
picture work, cutter with Universal ; supervising 
editor at Columbia ; producer at Columbia ; 1929 
was in charge of foreign language productions ; 
produced westerns and action pictures; was 
under contract to Columbia; now with Condor; 
hobbies : golf and football. 

PIVAR, MAURICE 

b. Manchester, England, June 11, 1896; educ. 
public schools in Manchester and at Stuyvesant 
High School, New York City, graduate City 
College of New York; 1911, upon graduation 
from college, became office boy in advertising 
department of Universal Pictures ; remained 
several years, gradually advancing ; resigned to 
work for Columbia Pictures, in sales department ; 
returned to Universal advertising department ; 
came to Hollywood in 1925 to take charge of 
editorial department ; was made an associate 
producer in 1934; hobbies: reading and horse- 
back. 

POE, COY 

b. Stevensville, Tex., Dec. 20, 1908; educ. Texas 
Christian University and University of Okla- 
homa ; member Delta Tau Delta fraternity ; did 



Bert 

KALMAR 



and 



Harry 

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THE LIFE OF THE PARTY' 



Screenplay* 
(RKO-Radio) 



'GOLDWYN FOLLIES' 

Screenplay* 
(Samuel Goldwyn — United Artists) 



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newspaper work ; was a night club manager at 
Oklahoma City ; 10 years in vaudeville and radio 
work ; 1934, came to Hollywood as personal rep- 
resentative of Pinky Tomlin ; now associate 
producer for Maurice Conn's Melody Pictures 
Corp. 

POLLARD "BUD" 

b. Alexandria, Va., May 12, 1884; appeared 
on the stage at the age of seven; toured U. S. 
and Canada with juvenile dramatic and comic 
opera companies; attended school in Canada, 
Corrige College, Victoria; dramatic stock with 
Del S. Lawrence on Pacihc coast, and with Paul 
Steindorf and Ferris Hartman in comic opera; 
toured Australia in vaudeville; returning to 
America was featured over Pantages and Or- 
pheum circuits; entered pictures in 1912 ah 
gag man, writer and comedian, freelancing; 
joined Canadian army, August, 1914; woundeu 
and discharged in 1918; played Pantages cir- 
cuit ; produced and directed own shorts on 
coast 1920-21 ; directed for Florida East Coast 
Studios 1922; wrote and directed shorts in Eng- 
land for Gaumont in 1923; wrote and directed 
shorts for Trianon Films A. G., Berlin, 1924-25; 
directed in Vienna, 1925; returned to U. i.. 
vaudeville in 1926; produced own shorts ii. 
1927; toured Fox West Coast circuit in 1928; 
directed "The Danger Man" in 1929, also di 
rected for Wesco Pictures; wrote and directed 
for Public Welfare Pictures and Century Pic- 
tures in 1930; produced "Bud" Pollard novelties 
in 1931. Hobbies: hunting, fishing and golt. 

POTTER, HENRY C. 

b. New York City, 1906; educ. at St. Paul's 
and at Yale University, finished his education 
under Professor George F. Baker of the "47" 
Workshop, having decided to follow the theater 
as a profession, his efforts at playwrighting and 
directing meeting with early success; with 
George Haight, organized the Hampton Players, 
at Southampton, Long Island, this theater soon 
became one of the leading try-out houses of the 
country, producing many plays and players which 
advanced to later success on Broadway; after 
several years at Southampton, produced on 
Broadway; since that time the firm of Potter 
and Haight has produced many successes; in 
1935 joined Samuel Goldwyn; directed for Gold- 
wyn and Universal; now directing for Selznick- 
International. 

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PRATT, GILBERT 

b. Providence, K. I., Feb. 16, 1892; started 
with Old Kinema Color, played leads with Ka- 
lem, then to Inceville; 1916 to Hal Roach as 
a heavy for Lloyd; made a director Ijy Roach 
directing one and two-reelers; 1918 to Vitagraph 
directing Larry Semon; 1919 started with Edu- 
cational with Jack White; directed Lloyd Hamil- 
ton, then to Monty Banks at Warners; made 
two series then made comedy for Sennett; went 
back to Banks; with Christie year and half; 
with Fox and Universal, then came to Para- 
mount as a writer; went to F. B. O., directed 
features ; back to Roach then back to Para- 
mount ; now in England. 

PREMINGER, OTTO LUDWIG 

1). Dec. 5, 1906, in Vienna, Austria; educ. in 
Vienna, the University of Vienna, received de- 
gree of Doctor of Laws; when 17 years old 
became an actor with Max Reinhardt at the 
Theater-in-the-Josefstadt in Vienna; on leaving 
Vienna in October, 1935, had been the head of 
the same theater for the last three years; was 
actor and director at Zurich, Prague, Salzburg, 
Berlin, and Vienna; directed talking pictures in 
Vienna; staged "Libel" for Gilbert Miller in 
New York in 1935; still under contract to Mil- 



ler to do at least one play a year for three 
years with approval by 20th Century-Fox; now 
directing at 20th Century-Fox; hobby tennis. 

PRESNELL, ROBERT R. 

b. Lake View, la., April 29, 1894; educ. Uni- 
versity of Chicago ; started writing pictures for 
Thos. Ince in 1912; returned to newspaper work; 
back to pictures at Paramount Eastern Studio 
for William Le Baron ; then under Monta Bell ; 
served a long term at M-G-M in Hollywood, 
then Fox, First National and then Radio ; 1934, 
was made associate producer for Warner Bros. ; 
now with Universal. 

RANTZ, LOUIS 

b. Jan. 1, 1895, Philadelphia; educ. Philadelphia; 
started in picture business in 1916 and until 
1929, built and operated theaters in and around 
Philadelphia; sold theater interests in 1929 to 
Stanley Company of America; came to Holly- 
wood in 1930 and started producing pictures 
independently; joined George Hirliman Enter- 
prises in 1935 as an associate producer and 
executive of the corporation; hobby: likes fishing. 

RAPE, HARRY 

b. Denver, Oct. 16; at the age of eighteen be- 
came interested in theatricals and organized a 
minstrel show from the ranks of Denver's society 
people ; decided to go to New York and become 
a theatrical manager ; soon convinced Gus Ed- 
wards that he had managerial qualities and was 
employed by that vaudeville artist ; he remained 
with Edwards for six years ; next business ven- 
ture was the opening of a vaudeville agency in 
New York City ; after seven years as a success- 
ful vaudeville manager he turned to picture pro- 
duction ; his initial film effort was the organiza- 
tion of his own production company with a re- 
leasing contract with World Film Corp. ; later 
he produced pictures for the open market but 
soon left independent producing to become the 
production manager for Selznick; 1921, left that 
organization and became a partner with Warner 
Bros, as a producer; 1924, became identified 
with the picture production activities of Louis 
B. Mayer; at the time of the M-G-M merger 
became an associate executive of the merged 
companies. 

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RATOFF, GREGORY 

b. April 20, 1897, Samara, Russia; educ. St. 
Petersburg University, graduate of law course, 
but took his studies at the St. Petersburg Drama- 
tic School more seriously than his legal work; 
made his debut at the Maly Theater in the 
Russian capital; when his country entered the 
world war, he served in the army until the revolu- 
tion; played juvenile in a HarkoflE stock company 
for two years; left Russia Dec. 20, 1919, went 
to Germany where he opened his own Russian 
Theater in Berlin, touring Vienna, Budapest, 
London, Paris and other European capitals; Lee 
Shubert brought him to New York, where in 
1922, he began a series of 32 plays, he appeared 
for the Shuberts in New York, Chicago and 
on tour; has played many important film roles; 
later with Gaumont-British; while in London, 
appeared in a B.I. P. film and produced, wrote, 
directed and played in "This Woman is Mine" 
released through Paramount in the United States ; 
Darryl F. Zanuck then signed him to a com- 
bination writing-directing-acting contract with 
20th Century-Fox. 

RAY, ALBERT 

b. 1897, New Rochelle, N. Y. ; following career 
in musical comedy, broke into pictures as di- 
rector at the Pathe N. Y. Studios ; later ap- 
peared in features for Patbe. V tagraph, Lois 
Weber, Ince, First National and Fox ; starred 
by Fox for two years ; returned to directing 
making Sunshine Comedies for Fox; later di- 



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rected features for Fox and First National ; also 
directed for Educational; later at the Paramount, 
N. Y., studio; now free-lancing; hobbies: dog 
racing and the theater, especially musical 
comedy. 

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RAY, BERNARD B. 

Started career with D. W. Griffith in 1911 as 
laboratory technician for Biograph; with Bio- 
graph four years in various capacities; 1917, 
Griffith elevated him to laboratory supervisor ; 
appointed editorial supervisor ; cameraman for 
Triangle ; later in charge of an independent 
laboratory in Hollywood ; production manager 
and editorial supervisor for Capitol Film Corp. ; 
in conjunction with Ferdinand P. Earle owned 
his own studio turning out trick and miniature 
effects for major studios; later directed a series 
of comedies for Educational; 1933, organized Re- 
liable Pictures Corp. ; has produced and directed 
37 features; 1936-37, producing and directing 
24 features and one Spanish picture for Columbia 
release. 

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REED, J. THEODORE 

b. Cincinnati, Ohio, June 18, 1887; educ. at- 
tended private school, Detroit University School, 
University of Michigan; vice-president of De- 
troit Steering Gear Company; in 1918, joined 
Douglas Fairbanks, was scenario editor from 
1918 to 1921; managed Douglas Fairbanks Pro- 
ductions until 1931; in 1933, became assistant 
to Benjamin Glazer at Paramount; directing for 
Paramount. 

REED, LUTHER 
b. July, 1888, Berlin, Wise.; reporter on "New 
York Herald," studied mining engineering ; 



frduc. Ethical Culture School, N. Y. ; Columbia 
Univ. ; after 5 years of newspaper work, joined 
Metro in 1917, doing scripts and adaptations, 
later in sarne capacity with Ince, Cosmopolitan, 
Famous ; director for Paramount, laecoming as- 
sociate producer for FBO-RKO early in 1929; 
1930, directed "Rio Rita" and "Hit the Deck"; 
now free-lancing; served U. S. Infantry, World 
War. 

REID, CLIFF 

b. Delaware. Ohio, Sept. 7, 1893 ; worked on 
a newspaper; entered the picture business in 
1912 in the distributing field; produced scores 
of adventure films ; produced the William J. 
Burns mystery detective series for Fox; pro- 
ducing for RKO since 1934. 

REID, MRS. WALLACE 

b. March 13, Boston, Mass.; educ. Lockwood 
Academy, Brooklyn, Virginia College, Roanoke; 
entered pictures via Biograph Company as an 
extra in 1910; appeared on the stage in stock 
and vaudeville; produced pictures from 1923 to 
1930; directed a few; wrote stories and scripts, 
three of which (in collaboration) were done for 
Monogram; 1936. supervising for Republic Pic- 
tures; n^w witli Monogram; hobbies: badminton 
and bridge. 

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REINHARDT, MAX 

b. Baden bei Vienna, Sept. 9, 1873; studied for 
the stage under Emil Burde; made his first ap- 
pearance on the stage at the Stadt Theater, Salz- 
burg, in 1893; first appeared in Berlin, at the 
Deutches Theater, 1894; took over the manage- 
ment and produced at Kleines Theater, Berlin, 
1902, also managed and produced at the Neues 



ROY CHANSLOR 

Now Writing for 
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Theater; in 1911, at the Coliseum, London; at the 
Savoy, Oct. 1911; in 1927, took his company to 
America, and at the Century and the Cosmo- 
politan Theaters, Nov. 1927 to Jan. 1928, pro- 
duced "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and other 
plays; returned to Berlin, 1928; and produced 
many plays; in 1935, produced and directed "A 
Midsummer Night's Dream" for Warner Bros. 

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REVIER, HARRY 

b. March, 1889, Philadelphia ; educ. Scranton, 
Pa. ; cameraman with Ambrose, in Italy ; di- 
rected for same, then to London and directed 
for Gaumont ; to America and built theater chain 
in West ; directed Marjorie Rambeau and Wil- 
lard Mack in stock; built one of first studios in 
Los Angeles; directed for Universal, Lasky, 
World, Metro, Ogden Pictures, Independent 
Sales, Goldwyn, Howells Pictures, Quality Pic- 
tures C. B. C, F. B. O., several independent 
units. Associated Exhibitors, Anchor Prod., 
Superlative Prod.; serial for Artclass in 1928; 
sound shorts for Powers Cinephone and Colum- 
bia in 1929; features for Rayart in 1930; now 
free-lancing. 

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REVNES, MAURICE S. 

b. New York City, Sept. 28, 1894; educ. Philadel- 
phia grade schools and high schools. University 
of Pennsylvania; produced plays; was general 
production manager Fox Film Corporation in 
1924, 1925, 1926; was associate producer for 
Pa the; went into the agency business in 1931, 
forming Maurice Revnes Agency; later went to 
M-G-M where he has been since; now an asso- 
ciate producer. 

RIESNER, CHARLES F. 

b. Minneapolis; educ. Minneapolis; amateur and 
professional boxer; ten years in Keith and Or- 
pheum vaudeville ; starred for Dillingham ; 
scenarist and director for Keystone-Revier mo- 
tion picture company, Vitagraph, Century, Bal- 
boa Productions, Astra Productions ; co-director 
with Charles Chaplin; song writer Feist Music 
Company ; director for Warner Brothers on the 
Syd Chaplin comedies; director at Paramount, 
W. C. Fields comedy ; director for eight years 
at M-G-M, comedies with Marie Dressier and 
others; made "Hollywood Revue" first big revue 
in sound ; director one year for Gaumont British, 
London ; now directing at Paramount. 

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RIPLEY, ARTHUR 

Collaborated on screenplays and directed Edgar 
Kennedy short for RKO ; now co-directing for 
Walter Wanger Productions. 
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RISKIN, EVERETT 

b. May 18, 1895, New York City; produced 
plays in New York; came to Hollywood and 
joined Columbia as an associate; still with Co- 
lumbia. 

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RISKIN, ROBERT 

b. New York City; educ. New York and Balti- 
more; at age of 17 wrote originals for Para- 
mount; wrote many stage plays; joined Colum- 
bia as a writer, and has written scripts for 
most of Columbia's important productions; in 
1934, "It Happened One Night," which won 
Academy Award for best adaptation for 1934; 
in 1936, signed to a new contract with Colum- 
bia as a Producer-Writer. 



later scenarios for James Cagney, Joan Crawford 
and Shirley Temple; "I Wasn't Born Yester- 
day," a novel published by Macauley. 1935 ; 
"Knock on Wood," a play produced on Broad- 
way, 1935 ; was under contract to 20th Century- 
Fox as writer producer; now with Major Pic- 



RIVKIN, ALLEN 



ROACH, HAL E. 



b. Hayward, Wisconsin, 1903; educ. University 
of Minnesota ; newspaper and publicity work in 
Chicaso and New York; entered pictures 1931 
in RKO publicity department, Hollywood ; be- 
came screen writer with "Is My Face Red?"; 



b. Elmira, N. Y., Jan. 19, 1892; at the age of 
17, struck out in search of adventure, landing 
in Seattle and from there went on to Alaska, 
spending two years trucking mail ; back to 
Seattle in same line of work ; was sent south 
near Los Angeles as supervisor of trucking 
company operating in the oil fields ; from there 
went into motion picture work and was for a 
time stock cowboy for Universal at $25 a week ; 
met Harold Lloyd and the two raised enouRh 
money to make a one reel picture which sold 
for $850 ; start of the two careers ; has directed 
pictures, written scenarios and is now a pro- 
ducer of two-reel comedies and full-length fea- 
tures released l)y M-G-M ; many of the famous 
stars of today have risen through the comedy 
training on the Hal Roach lot; was the instigator 
of the famous Laurel and Hardy team and "Our 
Gang" ; has his own string of ponies and a train- 
ing field at the Hal Roach Ranch; hobby, polo 
and athletics in general ; is a member of several 
smart clubs throughout the country and is presi- 
dent of the Los Angeles Turf Club, operating 
famous Santa Anita Racetrack ; celebrated his 
twentieth anniversary as a producer in 1934. 

ROBERTSON, JOHN STUART 

b. June, 1878, London, Ont., Canada; educ. 
St. Thomas, Ont., Western University; 1890. 
first stage appearance; played stock until 1915, 
when he appeared in features made by Harry 
Davenport for Vitagraph ; directing followed 
(1915) with Famous, Inspiration Pictures, Inc., 
Mary Pickford, First National, M-G-M ; made 
"Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde," directed Barthel- 
mess while at Inspiration ; John S. Robertson 
Prod., his own unit; for M-G-M in 1928-29- 
directed for Universal and Pathe in 1929-30 • 
directed for M-G-M ; was with RKO ; now free- 
lancing; member Academy of M. P. Arts and 
Sciences ; hobby : picture making. 

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ROCKETT, AL 

b. Vincennes, Ind., Sept. 24, 1889; educ. Sedalia, 
Mo., High School, Missouri University ; entered 
picture business in 1914; with his brother, Ray, 
production supervisor with First National for 
several pictures ; later joined Fox ; resigned from 
Fox in 1935. 

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ROGELL. ALBERT 

b. Oklahoma City, 1901 ; started in pictures in 
1918 as assistant cameraman, later cameraman, 
assistant director; 1921, directed a series of out- 
door features; 1922-23-24, directed for inde- 
pendent market; 1925-26, Universal; 1927-28, 
First National; 1929. Tiffany; 1930-31. Pathe; 
1932-33-34-35 — Columbia; was with RKO; now 
with Columbia. 

ROGELL, SID 

b. St. Joseph, Mo., Jan. 16, 1900; educ. Spo- 
kane, Wash. ; entered pictures in 1923 as prod, 
manager for Chas. R. Rogers Prods, and Harry 
Joe Brown Prods. ; was studio manager of the 
Pathe plant in 1930-31 ; produced a series of 
Westerns for Leon Schlesinger, released by \Var- 
ner Bros. ; joined Columbia as an associate 
producer in 1933 ; now an RKO studio execu- 
tive. 

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ROGERS, BOGART 

h. Los Angeles, Calif., June 24, 1898; educ. 
Hollywood High School and Stanford University; 
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Royal Flying Corps in Canada ; two years with 
this outfit, one year of which was spent in 
France with 32 Squadron, RFC, finishing as a 
captain and flight commander; spent about a 
year in commercial aviation barnstorming ; then 
Thomas H. Ince studios in publicity department ; 
in 1923, with Douglas MacLean and a few 
others formed the Douglas MacLean Productions; 
was general manager of the MacLean company ; 
later wrote fiction, and also managed Clara 
Bow's business affairs for a year; since that 
time has sold stufif to Saturday Evening Post, 
Liberty, Cosmopolitan, Red Book, Blue Book, 
Vanity Fair, and other magazines ; also did con- 
siderable picture writing; in 1931, went to Para- 
mount's Long Island studio to assist Hector 
TurnbuU, but that folded because they closed the 
studio; shortly thereafter, on returning to Holly- 
wood went to Paramount to write a script, then 
stayed on as assistant to Merritt Hulburd, head 
of the scenario department ; was at that for 
nearly two years, became head of that depart- 
ment when Hulburd left ; later joined 20th Cen- 
tury-Fox as associate producer; now with Para- 
mount. 



ROGERS, CHARLES 

b. Jan. 15, 1889; educ. Catlow College, Berk- 
shire, England ; started his stage career at the 
age of 24, played Rowley in "School for Scan- 
dal" in Nottingham, England; Antre in Eng- 
land in "Prince of Pilsen" ; was headliner on 
the Keith vaudeville circuit ; started pictures in 
Jan. 1928, as writer and actor for Warner 
Bros. ; joined Hal Roach in 1929 where he 
was actor and writer for a while, directed Harry 
Langdon ; writer and gag-man for Laurel & 



Hardy comedies ; now writing and directing for 
Hal Roach. 

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ROGERS, CHARLES R. 

b. New York City, July IS, 1882; educ. public 
and high schools in Boston ; started as a haber- 
dashery salesman ; varnish salesman ; moved to 
Buffalo, where he built the first fire-proof mo- 
tion picture theater ; saw the tremendous future 
that lay in films and bought the N. Y. rights 
for Elinor Glyn's "Three Weeks" ; became as- 
sociated with Selznick Pictures, first as_ branch 
manager, then was appointed manager in New 
England and then to general sales manager of 
the company for the entire world ; four years 
later became general manager of the Robertson- 
Cole company in New York ; finally resigned an'' 
moved to the Coast to become an independent 
producer ; after a four-year partnership with 
Hunt Stromberg, he separated, going to First 
National as an independent producer ; during 
that association he produced a number of pic- 
tures starring Ken Maynard, Corinne Griffith and 
Dorothy Mackaill ; when Warner Bros, bought 
the First National company they bought his 
interest and he went over to RKO ; after RKO 
Pathe, he was appointed vice-president in charge 
of production and later resigned to again pro- 
duce his own pictures ; associated with Para- 
mount for three years as a producer ; now vice- 
president in charge of production at Universal; 
hobbies : golf and horse-racing. 

ROSEN, PHIL 

b. Russia; started with Edison, 1912, cinema- 
tographer; filmed "Miracle Man," became direc- 
tor and worked for Universal, Hodkinson, Metro, 
Famous, Sawyer & Lubin. M-G-M, Lumas, FBO, 
Sterling Pictures; Columbia, Trem Carr, Chester- 



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field, Tiffany, British-Gaumont, Select Pictures, 
RKO ; member Academy of Arts and Sciences, 
Hollywood Athletic Club ; now under contract to 
Republic as director and associate producer. 
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ROSMER, MILTON 

b. Southport, Nov. 4, 1881 ; educ. Manchester 
Grammar School ; made his first appearance on 
the stage in 1899; joined Osmond Tearle, Dec. 
1900, and then toured the following- year with 
him; was engaged for 3 years with Walter Mel- 
ville; 1903 toured as Paul de Lahne; made his 
first appearance in London at the Kennington 
Theater, Dec. 1903; toured in America; was 
on the stage until 1932; has produced many 
notable productions; recently directed for Gau- 
mont British. 

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ROSS, NAT 

b. San Francisco ; educ. 'Frisco ; New York 
representative Stanley-Mastbaum Co. ; home of- 
fice sales force of Universal ; confidential secre- 
tary to Carl Laemmle, then Universal director 
of Westerns, starting about 1919; joined Asso- 
ciated Exhibitors, 1925-26, Cradwick, 1926, and 
with other independent companies ; own unit 
with Embassy Pictures; 1926-27-28-29 with 
Universal, making shorts, including Collegians 
series ; director Universal "Leather Pushers," 
westerns and all star features ; produced com- 
edies as an independent released through Edu- 
cational, RKO-Van Beuren and Columbia ; in 
charge of production on "Bring 'Em Back 
Alive" ; produced a series of Tim McCoy 
westerns for independent release; was associate 
producer at Universal on Jack Holt series; pro- 
duced and directed in England ; to produce a 
series of pictures in Hollywood. 
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ROSSON, ARTHUR 

b. 1889, London; as a youth had ambitions to 
become a jockey, but went on the stage instead ; 
gold digger in Nevada mines ; film actor and 
stunt man ; wrote and sold about 30 scenarios ; 
assistant director with Allan Dwan, S years 
later a director, working for Triangle, Artcraft, 
Vitagraph, Universal, Norma Talmadge, Gold- 
wyn. Fox, Allied Prod., and in 1925, Famous ; 
writes and adapts many of his own stories ; 
features for Fox in 1928, and Hoot Gibson 
vehicles for Universal same year ; free-lancing 
in 1929-30; later a supervisor at Columbia; was 
with Hecht-MacArthur ; now free-lancing ; mem- 
ber Writers' Club, Hollywood. 
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ROSSON, RICHARD 

b. 1894, New York; active in musical circles 
in East before entering pidtures ; theatrical 
career began with Vitagraph in Bklyn. ; in 1914 
joined Ince, later going to Universal; started 
directing in 1918, his first experience under 
supervision of Allan Dwan ; after nine years with 
Dwan, began directing with Famous Players, 
1926; early in 1928, features for FBO ; 1928, 
under contract to Fox ; co-directed several fea- 
tures ; then to M-G-M ; was with Samuel Gold- 
wyn ; now with RKO. 

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ROTH, MURRAY 

Formerly composer of popular melodies, writing 
music for many of the New York Winter Garden 
shows and other Broadway musicals; in 1921, 
went to the Coast as scenario writer for Fox 
and authorized Van Bibber series and the Helen 
and Warren series; adapted "The High School 
Hero" among other features; 1927, began work 
on shorts with Bryan Foy for Warners; wrote 
scenario for first full length, all-talking picture, 
"Lights of New York," which Foy directed ; 
also wrote script for "Queen of the Night 
Clubs" for Texas Guinan ; was director-in- 
chief at Warner Vitaphone Eastern Studio ; was 



with Fox, Warners and Universal ; now free- 
lancing. 

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ROWLAND, RICHARD A. 

b. Pittsburgh, Pa., Dec. 8, 1880; educ. in Pitts- 
burgh public and high schools; became the larg- 
est distributor of pictures in the world in 1905; 
sold out chain of exchanges to General Film 
Company in 1910, and took over franchise to 
distribute Paramount-Lasky product; organized 
Metro Pictures Corp., in 1914 and sold out all 
holdings to the late Marcus Loew in 1919; be- 
came general manager in charge of all produc- 
tions of First National in 1921; retired in 1928 
to reenter the business in 1931 as vice-president 
of Fox Film; organized Richard A. Rowland 
Productions in 1936, producing a series of pic- 
tures for Paramount release; now producing for 
Cirand National release. 



ROWLAND, ROY 



Ik Dec. 31. 1905, New York City; reared in 
Edendale, Calif. ; studied law in University of 
Southern California; was an office boy at Uni- 
versal during his school vacations ; script clerk 
and assistant director at Universal ; was assis- 
tant to Louis Brock at RKO when I3rock headed 
the short subject department ; was assistant di- 
rector on M-G-M pictures; joined M-G-M proc- 
ess department ; now directing short subjects for 
M-G-M. 

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ROYER, FANCHON 

b. Des Moines, 1902 ; educ. Des Moines schools 
and University of Southern California ; extra 
work for a year; edited "Camera," a trade 
paper, for three years; did publicity and agency 
work; 1928, produced "Life Is Like That"; 
carried on her agency business until 1930 ; 
oi'ganized Fanchon Royer Productions and made 
17 pictures which she also distributed; acted in 
advisory capacity for Mexican government pic- 
ture production; 1936, made six pictures under 
name of Fanchon Royer Features. 
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RUBEN, J. WALTER 

b. August, 1899, New York City, mother Ruth 
Walters, legitimate stage ; educ. DeWitt Clinton 
and Columbia University ; legitimate stage as 
Junior ; dabbled in vaudeville skits and short 
stories ; entered motion pictures in 1924 ; wrote 
for Fox, Paramount and Radio Pictures ; directed 
for RKO ; now with M-G-M. 
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RUBIN, BENNY 

b. Boston, Feb. 2, 1898; educ. Boston schools; 
carnival, tab show, burlesque, vaudeville, mu- 
sical comedy experience ; 1927, joined Universal 
producing, directing and playing in shorts ; actor 
for M-G-M ; was under contract to Columbia 
as a director; now with RKO. 

RUGGLES, WESLEY 

b. 1889, Los Angeles; appeared in musical 
comedies, stock, repertoire ; appeared in Key- 
stone-Sennett comedies, later becoming director 
with Morosco, Famous, Ince, Metro, Universal, 
Selznick, Preferred, Excellent Pictures, F. B. 
O., 1925; Excellent Pictures, 1926-27; in 1927 
joined Universal to direct the "Collegians" 
short reel series ; directed four Laura La Plante 
features for the same company ; left Universal 
in 1929 to make features for RKO ; selected 
one of the "Ten Best Directors of 1930-31" in 
annual "Film Daily" poll ; was under contract 
to RKO ; now producing and directing for Para- 
mount ; directed "Cimarron," chosen one of the 
Ten Best Pictures of 1931 in the annual "Film 
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RYAN, PHIL L. 

b. Muscatine, la., June 7. 1893; Paramount 
salesman ; district sales manager for Universal. 
Kansas City; mana^'er Standard Film Corp., 
Chicago and middle west ; assistant to sales man 
ager, Pathe ; sales manager, Pathe ; general 
manager Associated Exhibitors, distributing 
Harold Lloyd films; liquidated exhibitors' inter- 
est in Associated Exhibitors ; organized, vice- 
president and general manager of Capital Enter- 
prises, theater circuit in middle West ; later sold 
to Universal ; west coast production manager. 
Pathe ; supervised ail Pathe independent units ; 
general manager and vice-president of Metro- 
politan Picture Corp. and Metropolitan Studios, 
operated and supervised production ; produced 
a series of comedies for Paramount release ; was 
with Selznick-International. 

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ST. CLAIR, MALCOLM 

b. 1899, Los Angeles; educ. Los Angeles high 
school ; new-^paper cartoonist for short wh'le in 
1915; then two-reel comedy actor with Sennett, 
then scenario writer, Sennett director for sev- 
eral years ; to Metro to direct Buster Keaton, 
two short subject series for FBO, features for 
Famous, First National ; selected one of the 
ten best directors of 1926 and 1927 in "The 
Film Daily" Annual Ballots; switched to RKO 
in 1929; was under contract to M-G-M and 
Universal ; now with 20th Century-Fox ; member 
Academy of M. P. Arts and Sciences. 

SALKOW, SIDNEY 

h. New York City, June 16. 1909; educ. College 
of the City of New York. B A., Columbia Uni- 
versity, adm'tted to Harvard Law School: direc- 
tor New York stage; assistant to Chester Erskin; 



I)roduction assistant to Benjamin Glazier in 
19.^.?, joined Paramount as dialogue director; now 
flirecting for Universal. 

SANDRICH, MARK 

b. 1901, New York; educ. Columbia Univ.; 
joined Century Pictures, then lo Fox for two 
\ears; wrote "Sweet Sixteen" series for Uni- 
versal; assistant direc.or for Warners; director 
for short subjects at Fox and Universal for four 
years ; feature director at Columbia ; directed 
talking feature, Sono Art-World Wide release 
directed talking shorts for Louis Brock ; directe' 
Clark and McCullough, Chic Sales series; Benn> 
Rubin. Walter Catlett. "Broadway Headliners' 
series ; now under contract to RKO Radio Pic 
tures, where he has directed four Astaire-Rogers 
features; hobbies: swimming, golf; directed "Top 
Hat," one of the Film Dailv Ten Best Pictures 
of 1935. 

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SANFORTH, CLIFFORD 

b. Cliicago, 1895 ; with Sydney Chaplin. Uni- 
\ersal. Fox ; produced and directed first Ken 
Maynard pictures ; made "Screen Souvenirs" ; 
produced in 1935, with Edward M. Spitz and 
directed. 

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SANTELL, AL 

b. 1896, San Francisco; educ. 'Frisco; archi- 
tect, short story author ; scenario writer, as- 
sistant director with Youngdeer, Pathe ; sce- 
narist with Sennett, Keystone, Beauty Com- 
edies, American Film Co.; supervised, directed 
American-Mutual comedy-dramas, features ; 
comedy director with Kalem, Universal, Gold- 
wyn, Pathe, Master Pictures, World ; supervis- 



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ing manager of comedies for Universal ; pro- 
duced 12 two-reel Broadway comedies ; made 
series for Hal Roach ; series of Hall Room 
Boys and others for FBO ; feature director with 
First National, then Fox, 1929 ; was under 
contract to Fox ; directed for RKO and Para- 
mount ; was with Columbia ; now directing for 
RKO Radio; member M. 1'. Academy of Arts 
and Sciences. 

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SANTLEY, JOSEPH 
b. Salt Lake City, 1890, of professional parents; 
played legit parts when a youngster; educated 
in stage technique by pioneer producers; played 
Broadway parts for years, writing many of his 
own plays; next turned to vaudevi le with hi^ 
wife and later l)oth played in Irving Berlin'- 
first edition of the "JIusic Box Revue"; Broad- 
way performances during recent years, acting, 
directing, producing; co-directed with Robert 
Florey on Paramount's "Cocoanuts," followed by 
Paramount; later directed for Pathe; produced 
"I.ife Begins" on the stage; wrote "House on 
56th Street" for Warner Bros.; directed for 
Monogram, Mascot, Republic and Walter Wan- 
ger ; now witli RKO Radio. 
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SARECKY, BARNEY 

b. New York City, June 9, 1895 ; educ. New 
York schools and Syracuse University ; news- 
paper work in New York and Manila ; originals 
and screen plays for RKO and Mascot ; super- 
visor for Mascot and Republic ; now producing 
for Universal. 

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SARECKY, LOUIS A. 

b. Odessa, Russia, Jan. 26, 1886 ; educ. public 
school, DeWitt Clinton High School, New York, 
New York University studied law ; secretary to 
Governor Sulzer of New York ; connected with 
a mining company in Central America ; did 
newspaper work ; started in pictures with Para- 
mount in 1921 ; first job was assistant to stage 
manager, then was location manager, stage man- 
ager, general production manager and assistant 
general manager of Paramount, New York Stti- 
dios ; went to Hollywood and joined F.B.O. with 
William LeBaron and stayed with them after 
RKO purchased that company ; left RKO and 
joined Columbia where he supervised; 19.34, su- 
pervised for RKO ; now with Columbia. 



SAVILLE, VICTOR 



h. Birmingham, Sept. 5, 1897; first became as- 
sociated with films on the business side, being 
engaged as renting manager for some time; in 
1920 was given his first opportunity as a direc- 
tor by the Gaumont Company; 1935, directed 
for Gainsborough, and Gaumont-British; 1936, 
directed Gaumont-British; now producing as Vic- 
tor Saville Productions, Ltd., London Films 
Studios, Denham, England. 

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SCHAEFER, ARMAND L. 

b. Tavistock, Ont., Canada, 1898; started in 
pictures with Mack Sennett Studio in 1924 as 
assistant prop man with Roy Del Ruth direct- 
ing; then to Christies as prop man, electrician, 
grip, set dresser, etc. ; then to Mary Pickford 
in "Little Annie Rooney" and "Sparrows" as 
prop man ; then to Action Pictures for Pathe 
as assistant director or over 50 westerns star- 
ring Buffalo Bill, Jr., Wally Wales and Buddy 
Roosevelt ; assistant director on several serials, 
melodramas and westerns in the independent 
field ; has been assistant director with most of 
the well known western stars ; directed Lane 
Chandler in the "Reckless Rider" for Willis 
Kent Prods. ; has directed several independent 
features ; now supervising for Republic. 



SCHENCK. JOSEPH M. 

li. Russia, iJtc. -'5, 1882; div. Norma Talmadge, 
professional; 1908 built Paradise Park, at Fort 
George, X. Y. ; park proved so successful that in 
1912 he and his brother Nicholas purchased Pal- 
isades Park, at Fort Lee, N. J., which they 
own today; while active in the management of 
Paradise Park he became associated with the late 
Marcus Loew as one of the chief figures in 
Lciew Theatrical Enterprises; ultimately, pm- 
chascd screen rights to a magazine story, en- 
gaging Roland West to direct the picture ; Josie 
Collins, musical comedy artist, was cast in the 
leading role and picture was released by Fox ; 
in his early days of film production also made 
twn pictures starring Evelyn Nesbit Thaw; later, 
signed Roscoe Arbuckle for comedies distributed 
by Paramount; 1918 he became producer for 
Norma Talmadge's pictures; soon after, he also 
became producer fur Constance Talmadge's pic- 
tures, also released through Select; 1919 Buster 
Keaton came under his management ; after six 
years of independent production, the Talmadge 
pictures being released through First National 
and the Keaton pictures through M-G-M, 
Schenck, on Dec. 5, 1924, was elected chairman 
of the board of directors of United Artists; im- 
mediately began expanding United Artists ; in 
1925 and 1926 Norma Talmadge, Gloria Swan- 
son, Corinne Griffith, John Barrymore, Samuel 
Goldwyn, Morris Gest and other outstanding in- 
dependent producers aligned themselves with the 
organization; May 23, 1926, he announced the 
organization of United Artists Theater Circuit, 
Inc., a chain of 20 pre-release theaters; on 
April 4, 1927, the stockholders of United Ar- 
tists Corporation elected him president, to fill 
the vacancy created when Hiram Abrams died 
in Nov. 1926; 1933 formed independent pro- 
ducing lirm with Darryl Zanuck, 20th Century 
Pictures, with Schenck as president. In May 
1935, both joined Fox; elected president of Met- 
ropolitan Playhouses, Inc. 
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SCHERTZINGER, VICTOR 

b. 1890, Philadelphia; educ. abroad; violin solo- 
ist ; wrote and staged musical comedies, light 
operas ; stage director for Klaw & Erlanger ; 
musical director for Belasco Stock Co., Los 
Angeles ; induced by Thos. H. Ince to direct 
for Triangle-lnce ; composed 31 scores for Ince 
Prod. ; with Goldwyn, Playgoers Pictures, Hod- 
kinson, Metro, Fox ; 1926-27, wrote several 
popular song pieces "Marcheta," et al ; director 
for Paramount in 1929-30; was with Radio Pic- 
tures and LTniversal ; now co-producing with 
Zion Myers and directing for Grand National ; 
directed "One Night of Love," voted one of the 
Ten Best Pictures of 1934 in the annual Film 
Daily poll ; hobbies : music, violin, piano ; mem- 
ber Academy nf M. P. Arts and Sciences. 

SCHLESINGER, LEON 

b. Philadelphia, May 20th ; educ. in Philadel- 
phia schools ; started as an usher in Blaney's 
Arch Street theater, Philadelphia ; sold story 
books on road with Charles E. Blaney's play, 
"The Factory Girl" ; also played bits in same 
show ; worked as assistant treasurer and treas- 
urer of Blaney's Arch Street theater ; assistant 
treasurer and treasurer. Colonial, Chicago ; ad- 
vance agent and company manager with several 
legitimate shows ; managed vaudeville theaters ; 
in 1922 came to Hollywood as Coast manager of 
Agfa; in 1925 bought Pacific Title and Art 
Studios, which he still owns and operates ; in 
1930 made "Looney Tunes" for Warner Bros. ; 
in 1931 made "Merrie Melodies" for Warner 
Bros.; in 1933 made series of six John Wayne 
westerns for Warner Bros. ; still producing 
"Looney Tunes" and "Merrie Melodies" for 
Warner Bros. 



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SCHLOM, HERMAN 

b. Zagor, Russia, Oct. 30, 1904; educ. in Cleve- 
land schools; joined Universal in 1920; worked 
in Universal accounting department for 18 
months ; promoted to leasing department at stu- 
dio ; headed department until 1934; joined Mono- 
gram as production manager; now producing for 
Republic. 

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SCHOEDSACK, ERNEST B. 

with Sennett, 1914; served in motion picture 
branch of Signal Corps during World War, in 
France ; following War, with Selznick and Fox, 
in Europe ; launched several production compa- 
nies abroad ; commenced independent production 
in collaboration with Merian C. Cooper in 
"Grass," bought by Famous; with same associate 
produced "Chang" for Famous; picture selected 
one of the ten best of 1927 in "The Film Daily" 
Annual Ballot; joined Paramount, with Cooper, 
in 1927, as associate producer-director; made 
"Four Feathers" in 1928-29; "Rango" in 1930; 
was with RKO ; now free-lancing. 
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SCHULBERG, B. P. 

b. Bridgeport, Conn., Jan. 19, 1892 ; educ. high 
school, New York City and College of the City 
of New York ; first position as reporter on the 
New York Evening Mail, for two years; asso- 
ciate editor of a magazine. Film Reports, or- 
ganized in the interest of independent producers 
and exhibitors ; later accepted a dual post of 
publicity director and scenario writer with Rex 
Pictures Corp., New York City; after a year 
went with Adolph Zukor when Zukor launched 
Famous Players Company in 1912; when 
Zukor's Famous Players Company combined 
with Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company in 



1915 to become the Paramount Corp., he re- 
tained his post of double duty ; after several 
years with Paramount he made the decision to 
try his hand at independent production ; attracted 
by Clara Bow's work, he signed her up and had 
her come to Hollywood to play in Schulberg 
productions; 1925, rejoined Paramount in the 
capacity of associate producer; later becoming 
general manager of West Coast production for 
Paramount ; resigned as managing director of 
production in June, 1932; returned in September 
of the same year, to make individual inde- 
pendent productions for Paramount as B. P. 
Schulberg Productions; 1935, joined Columbia 
as a producer ; to produce for Paramount. 

SCHWAB, LAURENCE 

b. Boston; educ. Harvard; co-author and pro- 
ducer of many Broadway musicals; picture pro- 
ducer for Paramount in East and West Coast 
studios; 1937, produced for 20th Century-Fox. 

SCHWALB, BEN 

b. Boston, Mass., June 15, 1900; educ. Boston 
U. ; entered pictures in 1921 in Boston with 
Grand Asher ; then to coast with Sam Bischoff ; 
studio manager with Universal in 1927; pro- 
duced four serials for Nat Levine, one of which 
was first talking and sound serial ; with Para- 
mount in Long Island in 1929; now producing 
and directing sports and musical shorts for 
Columbia in N. Y. 

SCHWARZ, HANNS 

b. \'ienna ; educ. in his native city to follow in 
the footsteps of his banker father, but rebelled 
at such a prosaic calling and turned to the thea- 
ter; met Ernst Lubitsch in Germany, watched 



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him work and decided to turn his creative talents 
to motion pictures ; directed a propaganda picture 
for Bulgarian Embassy ; formed the Trans-Ocean 
Film Company with Karl Fritsche, directed "Two 
Lives," the result was so satisfactory a company 
was formed to produce Hanns Schwarz pictures ; 
joined Ufa where he directed "The Hungarian 
Rhapsody," "The Beautiful Lie of Nina Petrow- 
na," "Melody of Hearts," "Her Highness Com- 
mands"; also directed for British-Gaumont, for 
Gaumont in Paris and one for Emelka in Berlin ; 
was signed by VVinheld Sheehan while in London 
to direct for Fox ; now free-lancing. 

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SCHWARZWALD, MILTON E. 

e. San Juan, Porto Rico and Chicago ; studied 
music at American Conservatory of Music, Chi- 
cago; began theatrical career in 1910 as orchestra 
leader, composer and arranger ; scores include : 
"Flora Bella," "Be Yourself," "Molly Darling," 
"Honeymoon Town" ; general musical director 
for RKO 1928-1933; 1933 joined E. M. Glucks- 
man in organizing Mentone Productions; since 
supervising and directing shorts for Mentone ; 
member American Society of Composers, Authors 
and Publishers and tlie Lambs Club. 



SCOTT, EWING 



b. Los Angeles. Sept. 3, 1898; educ. Los 
Angeles High School and LTniversity of Cali- 
fornia; started with the Vitagraph company, 
17 years ago, as animated cartoonist; was with 
Fox eight years; assistant to F. W. Murnau ; 
head of the 1928 Fox-Arctic expedition; was 
assistant to Raoul Walsh and Alexander Korda, 
Fox ; directed for Paramount ; now directing 
George O'Brien for RKO release. 

SCOTTO, AUBREY 

b. August 21. 1895. at Los Angeles; started 
with Boston Opera Co., American Opera Co., 
and others as operatic baritone ; went with 
M-G-M as film editor, stayed there nine years; 
sent abroad to edit "Ben Hur," remained there 
with Rex Ingram for a year; back to M-G-M, 
edited all Rupert Hughes and Elinor Glyn 
productions ; wrote and directed "Great Events" 
series for M-G-M, first color shorts; then to 
Tiflfany as writer-director on series of color 
shorts; also production manager on "Mamba," 
color feature ; with Columbia for a brief period ; 
was at Paramount N. Y. Studio as writer- 
director ; directed for Walter Wanger-Paramount 
and Republic ; now free-lancing. 

SEASTROM, VICTOR 

b. 1879, Varmland, Sweden; son of Elizabeth 
Hartman, Swedish actress; educ. Upsala Univ., 
Stockholm ; theater training school at Helsing- 
fors, Finland ; appeared on stage in Helsing- 
fors. 1897; stage director, 1910; acquired stock 
theater of his own at Gothenberg, Sweden ; in 
legitimate field 18 years; 1912, actor for Swed- 
ish Biograph; directed his first, a two-reeler, 
month later ; made four per year for four years 
in France, England, Sweden ; Goldwyn secured 
Seastrom, 1923. arriving IT. S. that year and 
joined the merged M-G-M, working on features 
for that company in 1924-25-26-27-28-29; now 
directing in Europe; hobbies: farming, motor- 
ing, traveling; selected one of the ten best 
directors of 1927 in "The Film Daily" Annual 
Ballot. 

SEDGWICK, EDWARD 

b. Xov.. 1892. Galveston. Tex.; educ. St. Mary's 
Univ.. Te.x. ; school chum of King Vidor; mother 
and father were both performers ; sisters. Eileen 
and Josie, are film players ; appeared in stock 
at three; circus, road shows, dramatic stock, mu- 
sical comedies, minstrels, carnivals; 1918, Army 



officer; served in World War; handled Associated 
Press wire in Mexico during revolution; played 
professional baseball ; song writer ; started in 
pictures 1913 at comedies in Colorado Springs; 
signed with Fox to act, then Fox scenarist and 
afterwards directed; first made a serial, "The 
13th Bride," with Universal; directed his own 
story, "Tin Hats," for M-G-M, 1926, remaining 
with the same company in 1927-1930; after free- 
lancing returned to M-G-M ; was with Hal 
Roach ; now with David L. Loew ; member of 
M. P. Arts and Sciences. 



SEILER, LEWIS 



b. New York ; university graduate ; worked as 
assistant director, director, "gag" man for 
numerous West Coast producers, all comedies, 
before joining Fox ; with Fox several years, 
first on short reel comedies, then Mix and other 
features for Fox in 1928-29; was with Para- 
mount ; now free-lancing. 

SEITER, WILLIAM A. 

b. 1891, New York; educ. Hudson River Mili- 
tary Academy; early career, artist and writer; 
began film work with Selig, later with Reliance, 
Majestic, Universal, Crown City, National Film, 
series of comedies with the De Havens for 
Goldwyn. then with Paramount, FBO, Warner 
Bros., First National, and Denny, director with 
Universal; again with First National in 1928- 
29-30; was with Radio Pictures; now under 
contract to Twentieth Century-Fox ; directed 
"Roberta," one of the Film Daily Ten Best 
Pictures of 1935; hobby: golf. 

SEITZ, GEORGE BRACKETT 

b. 1892, Boston; educ. Friends' Central School, 
Boston; illustrator, then author; legitimate 
actor, playwright with John Craig Stock Co., 
also played for three years ; scenarist with 
Pathe; general production manager and star with 
Pathe ; produced and directed Pearl White 
serials and features; features for Paramount, 
Universal, Metropolitan Pictures, PDC, Pathe- 
De Mille, FBO. Columbia ; writing, directing 
for Fox, 1928-29; free-lancing in 1929; with 
RKO in 1930; now with M-G-M. 

SELANDER, LESLEY 

b. Los Angeles, May 26, 1900; educ. high 
school ; m. Carolina Wright ; p. Robert Bonde 
and Myrtle; 1919 started in laboratory of Harold 
Bell Wright studio ; assistant cameraman at the 
Triangle Studio, 1920; first cameraman until 
1924; then assistant director at Fox; also di- 
rected comedies for Fox and M-G-M ; directed 
for LTniversal ; now directing for Harry Sher- 
man. Paramount release. 

SELMAN, DAVID 

educ. college, law ; started as actor in Little 
Theater movement 24 years ago ; directed at 
Fox, including Dustin Farnum and Shirley 
Mason; directed at Columbia Studios for 10 
years ; now directing for Harry Sherman. 
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SELWYN, EDGAR 

b. Cincinnati, Oct. 20. 1875 ; educ. Toronto and 
Selma, Ala. ; usher at Herald Square theater, 
N. Y. ; 1896 became an actor with William Gil- 
lette; played in several shows; 1912 organized 
All Star Features and did a picture ; not on 
stage since 1912; 1914 starred in films for Cecil 
B. deMille; returned to stage as writer and pro- 
ducer; 1917 to 1920 vice-president of Goldwyn 
Pictures; 1920 to 1928 hack as president ot 
Selwyn & Co. ; wriote many plays and produced 
them with his brother Arch; now with M-G-M 
as an associate producer. 



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SELZNICK, DAVID O. 

b. Pittsburgh, May 10, 1902; father was the 
late Lewis J. Selznick, one of the pioneer pro- 
ducers of motion pictures ; trained in all branches 
of the business under his father and after Lewis 
J. Selznick's retirement, he promoted and pro- 
duced specialty short subjects and later feature 
pictures independently ; became West Coast pro- 
duction representative for Associated Exhibitors ; 
joined M-G-M, rapidly rising through the 
following posts : assistant story editor, assistant 
producer to Harry Rapf, story editor, associate 
producer on the Tim McCoy westerns ; resigning 
from M-G-M and joined Paramount as assistant 
to Schulberg, then managing Paramount head 
and as a Paramount associate producer pro- 
duced a number of films ; after serving as tem- 
porary production chief of Paramount during 
Schulberg's absence for a lengthy period of 
time he accepted an offer as vice-president in 
charge of production at RKO Radio ; discovered 
Katharine Hepburn, conceived and prepared 
"Little Women," brought Fred Astaire to that 
studio ; resigned to join M-G-M as vice president, 
heading his own unit; in 1934 he was the only 
producer who made two out of the Ten Best 
Pictures in the Film Daily's poll of critics : 
"Dinner at Eight" and "Viva Villa" ; pro- 
duced "David Copperfield" and "Anna Kare- 
nina," two of the Film Daily Ten Best Pictures 
of 1935 ; produced "A Tale of Two Cities," voted 
one of the Film Daily Ten Best Pictures of 1936; 
now production chief of Selznick-International. 
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SENNETT. MACK 

b. Denville, Quebec, 1884; one of the produc- 
tion pioneers; originator of the "Bathing Beauty 
Girls," who appeared in dozens of his early 
short reel comedies ; has made feature produc- 



tions ; his short subject product was distributed 
by Paramount in recent years ; in London dur- 
ing 1934; returned to Hollywood in 1935 and 
directed for Educational ; now free-lancing. 



SHAUER, MEL 



b. Chicago, Nov. 20, 1895 ; educ. Chicago and 
>«'ew York public schools, Thompson Harris 
High School, City College of New York ; win- 
ner of Phi Beta Kappa; entered picture busi- 
ness in 1916 with Famous Players-Lasky, New 
York studio; 1919, joined Paramount's New 
York exchange ; joined the home office of Para- 
mount in charge of ad sales ; joined foreign 
department in 1927, made general foreign rep- 
resentative ; opened first sound theater in Sao 
Paulo, Brazil, 1930, became head of Para- 
mount's foreign department; May, 1931, came 
to the coast as staff aide to B. P. Schulberg; 
later became associate producer for Paramount. 
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SHEEHAN, WINFIELD 

b. Buffalo. N. Y., Sept. 24, 1883; educ. at St. 
Canisius College in that city; served as private 
and corporal Spanish-American War, 1898-99 ; 
newspaper reporter on the staff of the Buffalo 
"Courier" and in 1903 joined the staff of the 
New York "World," where he remained for 
seven years ; became secretary to the Fire Com- 
missioner and later to the Police Commissioner 
of New York City from 1910 to 1914; was one 
of the founders of Fox Film Corp. and in the 
capacity of General Manager, beginning 1914, 
established its branch offices in America, Europe 
and the rest of the world ; organized the Fox 
Newsreel in 1918; in 1926 assumed charge of the 
Hollywood studios of Fox Film and produced 



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more than 300 pictures; also conceived and 
created Fox Movietone City ; productions which 
have received Academy awards, include "7th 
Heaven," which received three honors in 1927-28 ; 
"Sunrise," which also received three the same 
year; "In Old Arizona," in 1928-29; three 
awards in 1931-32 for direction and adaptation 
of "Bad Girl," and best art direction on "Trans- 
atlantic." Fox Film received honorable men- 
tion in 1930-31 for synchro-projection composite 
photography; resigned from Fox in 193S. 
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SHELDON, E. LLOYD 

b. May 27, 1886, Springfield, Mass.; A.B. and 
A.M. Harvard 1907 ; business manager Charles 
Frohman 1910-1912; Washington correspondent 
for Hearst papers 1912-1914; made special for 
General Army staff and fuel administration 1914- 
1918; 1914-1921 magazine and screen writer; 
1921 joined Paramount as supervisor; 1921-1935 
producer at Paramount. 

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SHELDON, FORREST 

b. Trinidad, Colorado; educ. Los Angeles, Cal. ; 
entered pictures as writer for Kalem 1914; has 
worked for Universal, Fox, Pathe, FBO, Co- 
lumbia; wrote entire Maynard series at Uni- 
versal; several of Maynard's series at First 
National and several at Tiffany; directed "Hell 
Fire Austin," and wrote it at Tiffany ; wrote 
Tom Keene's at RKO; Buck Jones at Columbia; 
now free-lancing. 

SHERMAN, HARRY 

b. Boston ; entered picture business as operator 
of circuit of theaters in and around Minneapolis, 
affiliated with Sullivan and Considine ; operated 
independent exchanges throughout Mid-West 
with Alco and Metro franchises ; held franchise 
on half of United States with D. W. Griffith's 
"Birth of a Nation" ; entered production in 
1917 with George Loane Tucker; producer of 
first Zane Grey ; for number of years producer 
with Pathe and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios; 
at present producing Clarence E. Mulford series 
of "Hop-Along Cassidy" stories for Paramount 
release ; also president of the Prudential studios ; 
to produce "The Barrier" for Paramount re- 
lease. 

SHORES, LYNN 

b. Binghamton, N. Y. ; two years as production 
mgr. of Louis J. Selznick at Fort Lee; 10 years 
assistant director for Paramount, M-G-M, Cos- 
mopolitan; organized Paramount talent school; 
started directing for Paramount in New York 
in 1923; with FBO for two years; RKO four 
years ; was executive producer at West Coast 
Service Studios, N. Y. C. ; directed Tom Keene 
for Crescent Pictures ; now free-lancing. 

SHUMATE, HAROLD 

b. Austin, Texas, Sept. 7, 1893 ; attended Wash- 
ington University, St. Louis ; reported for news- 
papers in St. Louis and other cities ; started 
motion picture work in 1933 as writer for 
Thomas H. Ince ; wrote for Paramount, M-G-M, 
RKO. Warners and other major studios; wrote 
for Columbia; joined Republic. May, 1937, as 
producer. 

SIEGEL, MOE J. 

b. New York City. July 14, 1901; joined Selz- 
nick Pictures in 1920 in distribution where he 
remained till 1924; 1924-1936 vice-president of 
Consolidated Film Industries; between 1931 and 
1935, president of American Record Company, 
a subsidiary of Consolidated; 1935 sponsored 
formation of Republic Pictures and until Feb- 
ruary, 1937, was vice-president of that company 
when in March 1937, he was made president; 



married and has two children ; hobbies : golf and 
baseball. 

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SIEGEL, SOL 

b. New York City; educ. New York City Schools 
and Columbia University School of Journalism; 
started career as salesman and sales manager, 
Brunswick Phonograph Company; entered pic- 
tures in 1934, on the production end of westerns; 
now in charge of production of all serials and 
westerns for Republic. 

SISTROM, WILLIAM 

b. Lincolnshire, England, March 19, 1886 ; educ. 
in England and America; is a graduate engi- 
neer ; prior to his entry into the motion picture 
fields was connected with the Chicago Telephone 
Company and Western Electric ; first important 
studio post was as general manager of Universal 
at Fort Lee, N. J.; later went to Hollywood; 
when Cosmopolitan Productions started making 
feature pictures he was placed in charge of all 
production; later signed with Cecil B. deMille 
and Metropolitan Studios as general production 
manager ; while in that post also supervised 
productions ; later with RKO as a producer. 

SISK, ROBERT F. 

b. Easton, Md., March 29, 1903; educ. Easton 
High School, special course Johns Hopkins ; 
newspaper experience for three years on Balti- 
more Sun ; political reporting and makeup editor ; 
three years on Variety ; six years a general 
press representative of The Theater Guild ; spe- 
cial correspondent for Baltimore Sun for nine 
years from New York; went to RKO Radio 
circuit until separation of film and theater func- 
tions in 1934; latter part of 1934, came to 
Hollywood for RKO Radio as assistant to J. 
R. McDonough ; now an RKO associate pro- 
ducer. 

SLOANE, PAUL H. 

b. April, 1893, New York; educ. New York City 
public schools; screen career: 3 years with Edi- 
son, 4 years with Fox, two with Famous and 
three with De Mille, releasing through P.D.C. 
and then Pathe; later joined Fox and made 
"Hearts in Dixi^," followed by others, in 1928- 
29; made "Cuckoos" in 1930; was with Para- 
mount ; now free-lancing ; member Academy of 
M. P. Arts and Sciences. 
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SLOMAN, EDWARD 

b. 1887, London ; educ. London ; legitimate actor 
in London ; first picture work as actor, then 
director ; worked for Universal, First National, 
Goldwyn, Metro, M-G-M, Universal; free- 
lancing, 1928-29 ; 1930. directed for United Ar- 
tists, Paramount; hobbies: painting, riding and 
boxing; member Academy of M. P. Arts and 
Sciences ; now with M-G-M. 

SMALL, EDWARD 

b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb. 1, 1891; identified with 
practically all branches of show business since 
boyhood ; was a juvenile actor, and while still a 
youth, booked, produced and directed stage and 
outdoor attractions ; pioneered in the field of 
screen talent representation, originally in New 
York ; about twelve years ago transferred his 
activities to Hollywood where he established and 
built up the first big agency handling artists, 
directors and writers, of which he still is presi- 
dent ; during the silent picture days, in addition 
to handling the largest talent company, he pro- 
duced nearly a score of features for First Na- 
tional release ; 1932, with Harry M. Goetz, or- 
ganized Reliance Pictures, and became a pro- 
ducer for United Artists ; produced "The Count 
of Monte Cristo" voted one of the ten best pic- 
tures of 1934 in the Film Daily Annual Poll; is 
vice-president in charge of production and secre- 
tary of Reliance Pictures, releasing through 
United Artists ; also an RKO associate producer. 



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SMITH, NOEL 



b. Rockland, Me.; educ. California; screen ca- 
reer began as assistant director in 1912, later 
becoming director and working in turn for 
L-Ko, Henry Lehrman, Sunshine-Fox unit, 
Vitagraph, again with Sunshine and then Mack 
Sennett, C. B. C, mostly all short comedies; 
1925, made feature for Warners; 1926 some 
shorts for independents in 1927 one feature for 
Bischofif Prod., one for Lumas, several for Pathe 
an others; free-lancer in 1928-29; directing 
Richard Talmadge in 1930-31; now directing for 
Warner Bros. 

SMITH, PETE 

b. Sept. 4, 1892, New York, N. Y.; educ. public 
schools, DeWitt Clinton High School at night, 
attended business college; two years as short- 
hand expert with an importing firm; promoted 
to advertising solicitor and review writer for 
"The Player," which was the weekly publication 
for the White Rats Union of Vaudeville Actors; 
paper went out of existence day of his promotion; 
next obtained job as motion picture critic for 
"The Billboard"; then became publicity man for 
the Hobart Bosworth Pictures, and became as- 
sistant to the late Harry Reichenbach; then was 
made publicity director for Famous Players 
Studio; later occupied same position with Art- 
craft Pictures; was then borrowed by Douglas 
Fairbanks to handle publicity and advertising; 
next joined the Marshall Neilan group and moved 
to California; when he parted with Neilan, opened 
his own independent publicity offices in Holly- 
wood; then was signed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 
as publicity director and later as advertising di- 



rector; became a producer and during past three 
years has made more than seventy short subjects, 
covering a vast field of subjects; now producing 
the Pete Smith shorts, in association with Jack 
Chertok, for M-G-M. 

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SPITZ, EDWARD M. 

b. Paterson, N. J., Dec. 15, 1899; stage pro- 
ducer in New York ; summer stock at Milton- 
on-Hudson; produced in 1927; produced with 
Cliflford Sanforth in 1935 ; now executive pro- 
ducer of Excelsior Serial Productions. 

STAHL, JOHN M. 

b. New York City; began theatrical career in 
1909, playing bits in stage with various compa- 
nies, graduating to leads and vaudeville; last 
stage work was in a play directed by C. B. De 
Mille; entered films in 1913 playing bits in 
New York studios; first directed in 1914, work- 
ing for several West Coast companies, finally 
with M-G-M and then a partner in Tiffany- 
Stahl, in charge of production, 1927-29; under 
contract to Universal; directed "Back Street," 
voted one of the Ten Best Pictures of 1932 in 
"The Film Daily" Annual Poll ; directed for 
M-G-M; now with Universal; hobbies: fine mo- 
tion pictures and art. 

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STARR, IRVING 

b. New York City ; educ. New York public and 
high schools ; agent and producer of shows in 
New York City and Hollywood; joined K.B.S. 
Pictures and in association with Sam Bischofif 
produced Ken Maynard Westerns ; later with 
Phil Goldstone ; then to Edward Small, United 
Artists, where he was associate producer; now 



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with General Film Co. producing a series of 
"Crime Club" features for Universal release. 

STAUB, RALPH B. 

1). Chicago, III., 1899i; entered motion picture 
business in theater and at age of 15 managed 
father's theaters in Oakland, Cal. ; started in 
studios during 1917 as prop boy; then assistant 
cameraman, second and first; was youngest cam- 
eraman in industry; in 1920 sent to Alaska by 
Pathe company to make animal pictures; re- 
turned from Alaska and started producing own 
shorts; directed, photographed more shorts than 
any one man in picture industry ; seven years 
at Columbia Studios in charge of shorts, directed, 
wrote, photographed, edited and acted in over 
400 short subjects ; was in charge of shorts at 
Warner Bros., West Coast Studios; directed for 
Republic ; now free-lancing. 



STEELE, JOSEPH HENRY 

b. Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 6, 1897; educ. Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania (three years). Academy 
of Fine Arts, Philadelphia (two years), Sau- 
mur School, France; has been reporter, editor, 
exploitation man, soldier, actor, stage director, ad- 
vertising writer, columnist, feature writer, man- 
aging director of deluxe picture houses; six years 
personal representative of Richard Barthelmess; 
contributor to Vanity Fair and national mag- 
azines; wrote, directed and produced; was asso- 
ciated with Douglas MacLean producing Para- 
mount pictures; was production associate with 
Lawrence Weingarten at M-G-M; was executive 
assistant to Samuel J. Briskin at RKO ; was pro- 
ducing at Monogram. 

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STEIN, PAUL LUDWIG 

b. 1892, Vienna; arrived in U. S. when 18; 
wrote stories and scenarios for various Eastern 
producers; stage manager, New York; returned 
to Vienna and acted for two years in films; 
joined Ufa in Berlin as director; 1926, back 
to New York and joined Warners to direct, 
later switching to Pathe-De Mille, and, in 1928- 
29; directed "One Romantic Night" for U. A.; 
was under contract to RKO, Pathe; now free- 
lancing in England; hobbies: Swimming, horse- 
back riding, reading. 

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STEVENS, GEORGE 

b. Oakland, Cal., in 1905 ; educ. Oakland and 
San Francisco public and high schools ; acted 
in companies operated by his father. Lander 
Stevens ; made first stage appearance at age of 
five, in support of Nance (D'Neill ; entered pic- 
tures in 1921 as a cameraman and continued 
camera work until 1930 ; started directing in 
1930; directed "Boy Friends" series for Hal 
Roach ; later with Universal ; now with Radio 
directing features. 

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STEVENSON. ROBERT 

b. England, 1905; educ. Shrewsbury School, 
Cambridge University; wrote for many papers; 
was a political speaker for Lloyd George; owned 
a school for small children; interior decoration; 
film work with Michael Balcon, worked for Gau- 
mont-British and Gainsborough Studios; in 1934, 
was associate producer; recently directed and 
wrote for Gaumont British. 



STOLOFF, BENJAMIN 

b. 1895, Philadelphia; college graduate, then to 
Hollywood and worked for numerous short} sub- 
ject units until he joined Fox, making several 
series of short reel comedies, and late in 1926 
made his first feature for Fox continuing in 
1927-28-29-30-31; 1931-1936 with Paramount, 
Columbia and United Artists; now with RKO. 



STONE, JOHN 



b. New York City, Sept. 12; educ. in the pub- 
lic and high schools of New York, College of 
the City of New York, and New York Uni- 
versity; taught in the public schools and the 
Morris High in New York for 12 years; came 
to Hollywood on account of the illness of a rel- 
ative and has been here ever since ; secured a 
job as reader for Fox ; placed in charge of the 
scenario department ; made several adaptations 
and finally Isegan writing originals ; after serving 
at the Fox studio for seven years, went with 
Famous Players and made adaptations for sev- 
eral Zane Grey stories ; remained there a year 
and then returned to the Fox scenario depart- 
ment; has written more than 120 scenarios, 20 
of which were for Tom Mix; was director of 
foreign productions; 1932 was made assistant 
to Sol M. Wurtzel on his production unit at the 
Hollywood studio; early in 1934 was promoted 
to the post of producer ; gained fame as pro- 
ducer of the "Charlie Chan" series. 



STOUT, GEORGE W. 

b. New Brunswick, N. J., March 9, 1890; educ. 
New Brunswick and Rutgers University ; went 
into public accounting ; opened Universal New 
York office in 1912; 1913, came to Coast for 
Universal; 1914, personal representative for Ince 
and Sennett in New York ; Mack Sennett's gen- 
eral manager and personal representative, 1915- 
1918; 1918, 1921 made 21 pictures, eight with 
Sessue Hayakawa and Edith Storey ; with Sol 
Lesser in 1921; 1922, with First National; made 
two pictures, starring Dave Butler; 1922-1925, 
Imperial Pictures Corp.; 1925-1926, pictures for 
Sam Sax; 1926 production manager for Colum- 
oia Pictures; 1927, Motion Picture Congress of 
America; 1930, with Frank Rembusch ; 1933- 
1934, producer with Harry O. Hoyt "Young 
Eagles" ; 1935, produced for Burroughs-Tarzan. 



STRAYER, FRANK 



b. Altoona, Pa. ; educ. Wilkinsburg High School 
(Pa.), Penn. Military Academy, Carnegie Inst, 
of Technology; served in Navy during World 
War as ensign; joined Metro, working in assis- 
tant directorial post; assistant to Harry Beau- 
mont; director for Columbia, Paramount; re- 
turned to Columbia for company's first all-talker, 
"Fall of Eve," 1929; directed for Fox and Tif- 
fany in 1930; directed the "Jones Family" series 
for 20th Century-Fox; now free-lancing; hobbies: 
home and family. 

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STROMBERG, HUNT 

b. Louisville, Ky., July 12; educ. same place; 
became a newspaper reporter ; for five years did 
reportorial work and became well known as the 
sporting editor and sports writer of the St. Louis 
"Times" ; was first identified with motion pic- 
tures when he went to New York to accept the 
post of advertising and publicity director of the 
old Goldwyn company; 1919, went to California 
with Thomas H. Ince and became his personal 
representative ; 1922, entered the independent 
production field ; produced a number of two- 
reel comedies released through Metro; became 
allied with the Producers' Distributing Corpora- 
tion, producing the Priscilla Dean and Harry 
Carey productions and a number of all-star spe- 
cials ; 1925, gave up independent production and 
became affiliated with M-G-M as an associate 
studio executive ; among the pictures he pro- 
duced was "The Thin Man" voted one of the 
Ten Best Pictures of 1934 in "The Film Daily" 
poll; produced "The Thin Man," one of the 
"Film Daily" Ten Best Pictures of 1935; pro- 
duced "The Great Ziegfeld," one of the Film 
Daily Ten Best Pictures of 1936. 



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STRONG, EUGENE 

b. Lone Lake, Wis., 1898; educ. Green Bay 
Military School, CIreen Bay, Wis.; stage career 
with Willard Mack Stock company, Chicago; 
stage work in Chicago, New York and on the 
road; with Paul Armstrong for five years; had 
h.s own stock company touring the Middle West 
and East; under player contract to Metro; di- 
alogue director for five years; now associate 
producer and assistant to Harry Sherman on 
the "Ilopalung Cassidy" series, released by Para- 
mount; hobbies: horseback riding, football and 
volley ball. 

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SUMMERS, WALTER 

b. Barnstaple ; has been on the stage since child- 
hood and in 1913 joined the old London Film 
Company; [luring the war attained the rank of 
Captain and was awarded the D.C.M. and M.C. ; 
went to Hepworth Company as scenarist in 1918; 
then to British International Pictures as a di- 
rector, and has been with that company ever 
since. 

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SUTHERLAND, A. EDWARD 
b. London, American parents ; educ. Paris and 
U. S. ; career in stock, vaudeville, musical 
comedies ; acting and stage managing ; screen 
actor with Paramount, Select, Selznick, Realart, 
Hodkinson, Fox, Universal ; assistant director 
with Charles Chaplin ; first directed Thomas 
Meighan, Famous Players, 1924 ; director for 
Paramount and M-G-M, returning to Paramount 
in 1928. continuing in 1929-30-31-32-33-34; now 
with Major Pictures ; member : Academy of M. P. 
Arts and Sciences. 



TAGGART, ERROL 

b. Ottawa, Canada, July 15, 189.S ; educ. Ot- 
tawa; entered motion pictures in 1919 with Uni- 
versal editorial department ; edited pictures for 
Tod Browning until 1923 ; came to the old 
Goldwyn company with Browning ; with Ince 
in 1924; with M-G-M in 1925 as assistant di- 
rector and editor for Tod Browning ; since with 
M-G-M as assistant director, editor, unit mana- 
ger and second unit director ; now directing for 
M-G-M; hobbies: fantastic reading matter. 

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TAUROG, NORMAN 

b. 1899, Chicago ; legitimate actor, screen actor 
with Florence Lawrence at Ince ; started di- 
recting Larry Semon, 1919-20-21, making over 
36 productions; made six "Andy Gump" shorts 
for Universal ; four comedies for Fox, over 40 
for Educational ; Georgie Jessel for Tiffany- 
Stahl; to Fox in 1928 to direct Clark & Mc- 
Cullough sound series ; others for Fox in 1929 ; 
1929 directed for Tiffany ; directed "Skippy," 
voted one of the Ten Best Pictures of 1931 in 
the annual Film Daily poll ; was under contract 
to Paramount ; now with 20th Century-Fox ; 
member Academy of M. P. Arts and Sciences ; 
hobbies : auto racing, swimming, reading. 

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TAYLOR. RAY 

b. 1889 ; attended high school and then to Mon 
treal as stage manager for National Francaise 
for five years ; stage manager at New Haven, 
Conn., for Hyperion Theaters ; three years in 
vaudeville; 17 months in U. S. Army, World 
War service ; to Fox as assistant director to 
Jack Ford ; with Fox two years, then to Uni- 
versal, assisting and directing shorts, serials, 



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serials for Universal in 1928, then features for 
same company ; now with Grand National. 

TAYLOR, SAM 

ij. August, 1895, New York; graduated from 
Fordham University with an A.B. degree; com- 
edy writer and editor for Kalem and Vitagraph; 
film editor for Universal and then directed se- 
ries of Century comedies; directed Harold Lloyd 
comedies for five years, following with Mary 
Pickford and John Barrymore for United Artists; 
was under contract to Fox; made Mary Pick- 
ford's first talker, "Coquette," 1928-29; directed 
Harold Lloyd and for Hal Roach ; now free- 
lancing. 

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THIELE, WILLIAM 

b. Vienna, 1890; educ. Vienna, studied at Con- 
servatory of Vienna ; became an actor on the 
stage in Vienna ; later played in Munich, Stutt- 
gart and Berlin; became a stage director in 
Munich ; in 1924 was introduced to motion 
pictures by Paul Davidson of UFA ; remained 
with UFA for more than nine years ; the first 
silent picture he directed was "Die Selige Ex- 
cellenz" ; made the first talking film operetta 
in Europe, "Love Waltz"; directed for Fox; 
co-director for Columbia ; directed for Para- 
mount ; now with M-G-M. 

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THOMPSON, HARLAN 

b. Hannibal, Mo. Sept. 24, 1890; educ. high 
school in Kansas City and University of Kansas; 
worked on Kansas City "Post" and "Star"; re- 
entered the University, specializing during senior 
year in journalism; edited the school paper the 
"Daily Kansan"; spent four years with the 
Kansas City Star; worked as reporter, Sunday 
Editor, dramatic critic and assistant City Edi- 
tor; joined the army, went to England, was ap- 
pointed CO. of the American 167 Aero Squadron; 
wrote vaudeville sketches and one act plays for 
three years; then became a feature writer for 
the old New York World ; resigned to write and 
direct plays; brought to Hollywood by Paramount, 
where he did an original story; returned to 
Broadway and was brought back to Hollywood by 
Fox; returned to New York, where he directed 
and co-produced ; returned to Hollywood for 
Paramount, wrote and directed ; also directed at 
RKO, and wrote at M-G-M and Columbia; in 
January, 1936, made producer at Paramount, 
where he is under contract. 



THORPE, RICHARD 

Assistant director, director, mainly with inde- 
pendent producers ; produced six Westerns dur- 
ing first half of 1926 and about eight during 
last half, for Action Pictures, Inc., starring 
B:ily Roosevelt, Wally Wales, Bill Cody, Buf- 
falo Bill, Jr., Pathe; three serials for Mascot 
in 1928; many Western features in 1928-29; 
free-lancing in 1928; with Tiffany' in 1930; wai 
with Chesterfield-Invincible Prods, and with 
Universal; now with M-G-M. 

TINLING, JAMES 

b. Seattle, Wash., educ. Univ. of Washington; 
started as a prop boy at Century Studios, later 
becoming a writer ; was a member of the Sixty- 
Third Artillery during the war ; served with 
Howard Hawks and Raoul Walsh for Fox ; di- 
rected for Fox and Columbia ; was free-lancing ; 
rejoined Fox, where he is under contract ; fond 
of all outdoor sports, but hobby is yachting. 

TOLNAY, AKOS 

b. Szeged, Hungary, 1903 ; educ. Hungary ; 
newspaperman and assistant director. National 
Theater, Budapest ; foreign correspondent, Paris ; 
wrote about 14 screen plays in Paris; placed 



under writing contract to B. I. P. in 1934; 
started writing for Alexander Korda Productions 
is 1935; 1936, organized Atlantic Film Produc- 
tions, Ltd. ; wrote "Thunder in the City" for 
Edward G. Robinson, first picture to be pro- 
duced by the new company. 

TORRES, MIGUEL C. 

b. Moralaia, Mexico, Sept. 16, 1900; educ. 
Mexico City, studied law; at the age of 16, 
was captain in the Revolutionary Army fighting 
against Pancho Villa; acted in 16 French and 
Spanish pictures made in Spain, France and 
Mexico; directed 18 pictures in Spanish and 
French in Spain, France and Mexico; is pro- 
ducing in English and Spanish for Colonial 
Films. 

TOURNEUR, JACQUES 

b. Paris, 1904; 10 years in Paris, France, as 
film editor for Pathe-Natan; directed four pic- 
tures for Pathe-Natan; directed some of the re- 
volutionary sequences in "The Tale of Two 
Cities," M-G-M ; directed following M-G-M 
shorts : "Jonker Diamond," "Master Will 
Shakespeare," "The Killer-Dog" and "The 
Chinese Drama" ; at present at M-G'-M. 

TOURNEUR, MAURICE 

b. Paris; artist, spent 15 years as stage pro- 
ducer in Paris, making over 400 stage plays ; 
initial film experience with Eclair, Paris ; to 
U. S. and macfe "Last of the Mohicans"; di- 
rected for World, Paramount, First National, 
Universal, Goldwyn, M-G-M ; to Europe in 
1927; hobbies: athletics, art, literature. 
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TOWNLEY, JACK 

b. March 3, 1897, Kansas City, Mo. ; studied 
Electrical Engineering, Columbia University ; 
served in the 169th Infantry during the World 
War; did newspaper work in Kansas City; 
came to Hollywood in 1925 and worked on the 
Hollywood News ; joined Universal writing staflf 
in 1928; worked for Educational and RKO as 
a writer; directed two reelers at RKO; now 
directing features at Republic. 

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TUTTLE, FRANK W. 

b. 1893; educ. Yale Univ.; assistant editor" Van- 
ity Fair," publicity director Russian ballet; 1915, 
president of Yale Dramatic Ass'n; 1922, started 
film work with The Film Guild; worked for 
American Releasing, Hodkinson, playwright and 
scenarist for Famous ; started directing. Famous, 
1925; Paramount, in 1925-32; Fox and Sam Gold- 
wyn in 1933 ; now with Paramount. 

VAN DYKE. W. S. 

b. 1890, San Diego, Cal. ; educ. Seattle; actor 
for 25 years in stock, vaudeville, road shows ; 
assisted Griffith on "Intolerance"; director with 
Pathe, Western Pictures, Metro, Fox, Arthur 
Beck, Fox, M-G-M, Pathe; with M-G-M, 1928- 
29 ; sent to Africa by M-G-M to nialfc "Trader 
Horn" in 1929 ; directed "The Thin Man," voted 
one of the Ten Best Pictures of 1934 in the 
annual Film Daily poll ; now under contract to 
M-G-M; directed Naughty Marietta," one of 
the Film Daily Ten Best Pictures of 1935; di- 
rected "San Francisco," one of the Film Daily 
Ten Best Pictures of 1936. 
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VARNEL, MARCEL 

b. Paris, Oct. 16, 1894; educ. in Paris and 
London; went on stage as a leading man; be- 
came a stage director for Henry Bataille, famous 
Parisian playwright; directed such actresses as 
Duse and Rejane; came to U. S. in 1925 as a 
stage director for the Shuberts ; staged "Countess 
Maritza," "Sunny Days" and other musical pro- 
ductions for the Shuberts, and also "As You 



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Desire Me," "Melo" and "Ladies All"; directed 
one picture in Paris; his hobby is playing the 
violin; speaks English, French and German flu 
ently; directed features for Fox; is now direct- 
ing in England. 

VIDOR, CHARLES 

1j. Budapebt ; educ. schools of technology in Buda- 
pest and Berlin; soloist Cierman Graml Opera 
Company; assistant director, film editor and 
writer in Berlin Studios; came to United States 
1924; has jjeen assistant director, film editor 
and writer; sold original stories to Fox and 
First National, produced and directed "The 
Bridge," a dramatic short subject which was 
made on three Sundays ; directed for Monogram, 
Paramount, RKO, and Major; now free-lancing. 
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VIDOR, KING 

b. 1895, Galveston, Tex., educ. Galveston public 
schools. Peacock Military Academy, San Antonio, 
and Tome School, Pt. Deposit, Md. ; short stor.\ 
writer, original screen and scenario writer; sold 
first to San Antonio company; put that stor> 
into script, assembled a cast, played lead and 
directed; wrote and directed five for Genera) 
Film Co., Santa Monica, Cal. ; studio carpenter, 
prop man, electrician, assistant and first camera- 
man, assistant director, all to better his knowledge 
of directing; produced for First National, Asso- 
ciated Exhibitors, Metro, Goldwyn, M-G-M ; di- 
rector ot "Big Parade" and "La Boheme"; mem- 
lier Academy of M. P. Arts and Sciences, 
Writers' Club, Los Angeles; Hollywood A. C. : 
M. P. D. A., Hollywood; own unit with M-G-M, 
which released "The Big Parade," selected one 
of the ten best pictures of 1927 in "The Film 
Daily" Annual Poll; selected one of the ten 



best directors in 1926 and also in 1927, 1928 
and 1930 in "The tilm Daily" Annual Ballots; 
his M-G-M picture, "The Crowd," selected one 
of the ten best pictures of 1928 in annual "Film 
Daily" Ballot; directed "Hallelujah," voted one 
of ten best of 1929 in "Film Daily" poll; di- 
rected "Street Scene," selected one of the ten 
best pictures of 1931 in the "Film Daily" poll; 
was under contract to M-G-M ; now directing 
for Paramount; member N. Y. Athletic Club. 
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VIERTEL, BERTHOLD 

b. 1885, Vienna; educ. in Vienna; edited books 
of poems; directed plays in Vienna for three 
years; was called to Berlin by Max Reinhardt 
had his own theater in Berlin and also acted 
and wrote plays ; was first German to produce 
Lugene O'Neill plays in Berlin; wrote "Four 
Devils"; was brought to coast by Winfield Shee- 
lian; directed for Fox, 1929; was under con- 
tract to Paramount ; now directing in England. 
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VIGNOLA, ROBERT G. 

b. 1885, 'Trivigno, Italy; to America at an early 
a^e and educ. Albany, N. Y., and New York 
City; for seven years appeared in Shakespearean 
repertoire and melodrama roles; began directing 
about 1914 with Kalem later with Famous, Cos- 
mopolitan (directing Marion Davies), Paramount, 
and again with Cosmopolitan, switching to M-G- 
M, then Metropolitan Pictures (P. D. C.) ; again 
Famous-Paramount; RKO, 192'8-29; free-lancing 
in 1929-32-33-34; directed for Larry Darmour ; 
now free-lancing ; member Academy of Arts and 
Sciences. 

VON STERNBERG, JOSEF 

b. Vienna ; brought to America by parents 



Mentone Productions, Inc. 

MUSICALS 
Released by Universal 

■♦■ 




WILLIAM 
CONSELMAN 



Writer 



11 Box Office Champions 
In 11 Years 



Under Contract 
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when seven ; educ. New York public schools, 
and Univ. of Berlin; with World Film since, 
worked in practically every production and dis- 
tribution post until he directed "The Salva- 
tion Hunters," with little money, inexperienced 
players, and inadequate technical material ; made 
an Edna Purviance feature for Charles Chap- 
lin; "Salvation Hunters" bought by United 
Artists; signed by M-G-M, 1926 first "Escape," 
and later to Paramount where he produced, 
among others, "Underworld," selected one ot 
the ten best pictures of 1927 in "The Film 
Daily" Annual Poll ; selected one of the ten 
best directors of 1928-29 and 1930-31 in "The 
Film Daily" Annual Ballots ; his Paramount 
picture, "Last Command," selected one of Ten 
Best Pictures of 1928 in Annual "Film Daily" 
Poll; was with Paramount, 1928-29-30-31-32- 
33-34 ; was under contract to Columbia ; now 
free-lancing. 

VORKAPICH, SLAVKO 

b. Jugo-Slavia, March 17, 36 years ago; educ. 
attended schools in Belgrade and Budapest and 
was living in Serbia at outbreak of World War, 
seeking to join the army, rejected because of his 
youth, eventually managed to enlist in a student 
regiment; went to Paris after war; came to 
New York where he worked as commercial artist ; 
next move, San Francisco, where he worked in 
the consulate of his native land and painted; 
came to Los Angeles ; continued portrait work 
of society personages ; studying and experiment- 
ing, he began making short films ; engaged by 
Paramount for special work ; speaks and writes 
several languages ; was under contract to Para- 
mount ; was under contract to RKO and to 
M-G-M ; worked with Ben Hecht and Chas. 
MacArthur at Eastern Service Studio, Astoria ; 
was with RKO; now with M-GM. 
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WALKER, STUART 

b. Augusta, Ky., attended Cincinnati public 
schools and is a graduate of the University of 
Cincinnati ; is a graduate of American Academy 
of Dramatic Arts and studied pantomine under 
Eva Alberti ; after a six year association with 
David Belasco as actor, play reader, manager 
of play bureau and stage manager, he directed 
repertory theaters in Buffalo and Detroit for 
Jessie Bonstelle ; became an independent man- 
ager in 191S, invented the Portmanteau theater, 
acted and wrote plays for it ; produced and com- 
pleted dramatization of Booth Tarkington's 
"Seventeen" and became director of Indian- 
apolis Repertory theater and Repertory theater 
in Cincinnati; has given 150 leading actors and 
actresses their chances for fame on stage ; Mary 
Ellis and Peggy Wood were singers to whom he 
gave their initial opportunity in serious drama ; 
has produced new plays by Kenyon Nicholson, 
Lord Dunsany, Booth Tarkington, Harry Leon 
Wilson, Samuel Merwin and others ; was under 
contract to Paramount and Universal ; now with 
Paramount. 

WALLACE, RICHARD 

1). Sacramento, Cal. ; film editor for Mack Sen- 
nett ; edited "Connecticut Yankee" for Fox ; adap- 
tations for Robertson-Cole, Warner Bros., Thos. 
H. Ince; director with Warners, Fox, Sennett, 
on short reels, and same for Universal; feature 
<iirector. joining Corinne Griffith Prod., First 
National joined Paramount in 1928, continuing 
in 1929-32; directing for B. P. Schulberg- 
Paramount ; member Academy of M. P. Arts and 
Sciences. 

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WALLER, FRED 

1). Brooklyn, N. Y. ; educ. Polytechnic Institute; 
entered father's commercial protographic business 
as a boy; 1905 started Fred Waller Co., making 
quantity lobby displays; 1919 took charge of 



Paramount title and trick film dept; 1922 with 
Frank Tuttle founded the Film Guild; photo 
graphed and supervised seven productions; 1924 
experimented in color and high intensity il- 
lumination for Maude Adams; 1925 returned to 
Paramount in charge of trick photographic work 
at Astoiia until 1926; 1928 produced shorts for 
Paramount and later managed their commercial 
dept. ; production manager of Paramount Eastern 
short subject department. 

WALLIS, HAL B. ▼ ▼ 

b. Chicago, Sept. 14; entered the industry in 
1922 ; obtained a position as manager in a Los 
Angeles theater ; was in charge of the publicity 
department at Warner Bros, for a year ; left to 
join Principal Pictures ; returned to Warner 
Bros, seven months later ; in charge of studio 
management at First National ; when Warner 
Bros, and First National consolidated ; held title 
of studio manager and later in charge of pro- 
duction at Warner Bros. -First National plant; 
still holds the position of associate executive at 
Warner Bros. -First National Studios. 

WALSH, RAOUL ▼ ▼ 

u. 1889, New York; educ. St. Francis Xavier 
College, Seton Hall, N. Y.; about 1918 joined 
D. W. Griffith; played part of John Wilkes 
Booth in "Birth of a Nation"; director for Fox, 
Yankee Prod., First National, Goldwyn, "The 
Thief of Bagdad," Famous, Fox; director of 
"What Price Glory?" which was selected one oi 
the ten best pictures of 1927; United Artists in 
1928; selected one the ten best directors of 1927- 
28 and 1928-29 in "The Film Daily" Annual 
Poll; joined in "Film Daily" Annual Polls; hi- 
"Sadie Thompson," for United, was selected 
one of the ten best pictures of 1928, in Annual 
"Film Daily" Poll; was under M-G-M contract 
and with Walter Wanger Prods. ; directed in 
England ; now with Paramount ; member Acad- 
emy of M. P. Arts and Sciences. 

WANGER, WALTER 

b. San Francisco. Oct. 16; educ. schooling, 
America and Europe, college, Dartmouth; 1915; 
produced play with Nazimova, New York, age 
of 20 ; went through war ; produced more plays 
in New York ; joined Paramount New York of- 
fice ; went to London as exhibitor ; produced 
other plays in Europe ; was general manager of 
Paramount for ten years ; vice-president of Co- 
lumbia, one year; executive producer for M-G-M, 
one year ; produced own pictures for Paramount ; 
now producing for United Artists release ; hob- 
bies : polo and books. 

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WARNER, JACK L. 

b. London, Ontario, Canada, Aug. 2, 1892 ; educ. 
Baltimore schools ; when he finished school joined 
his brothers Harry and Albert, in the opening of 
a bicycle shop at Youngstown, O. ; was errand 
boy, clerk and general handy man about the 
place ; sang illustrated songs in their first theater 
at New Castle, Pa., and did other odd jobs 
around the theater ; when Warner Bros, opened 
its exchange at Pittsburgh, and then established 
Warner Features, he again found a congenial 
field ; later went to Hollywood and studied the 
methods of picture production, producing a series 
of Al St. John and Monty Banks comedies and 
an animal series; when the Warner Bros, joined 
again to produce he began to find that produc- 
tion was his true field ; later went East during 
the perfection of the talking picture ; after the 
success of Vitaphone was established and the 
making of Vitaphone pictures was moved to Hol- 
lywood, he took charge of their direction and 
production ; now vice-president in charge of pro- 
duction for Warner Bros., and the Vitaphone 
Corp. ; also directing the operations of First 
National Studios. 

WATSON, wIlLIAM 

b. ^[ontreal. Can.; educ. Los Angeles; five 



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years film editor of Keystone-Sennett, assistant 
director with Sennett ; directed Fox sunshine 
short reel comedies, 1918; directed for Universal, 
from 1919-25, then Assoc. Exhib., M-G-M, back 
to short reels, with Christie, 1928 ; signed by 
Hamilton-Edwards independent company, 1929, 
to direct Lloyd Hamilton in talker shorts; now 
directing shorts for Educational at General 
Service Studio. 

WATT, NATE 

b. Denver, Colo., 1897; educ. East Denver High 
School, Denver; usher in San Francisco thea- 
ter; at 17 went out as manager of musical 
comedy company touring Canada for three years; 
then one year Army flier during war at Kelly 
Field, Texas; came to Hollywood 1920; got a 
job as chaufifeur to Lois Weber, first woman 
director; six weeks later was made her assistant 
director on westerns; in 1921, directed; was 
assistant director to Lewis Milestone for ten 
years; started directing in 1921 for Selig, series 
of westerns; then to Fox to do Sunshine Com- 
edies; then to Educational "Mermaid" comedies; 
then joined Milestone when he started directing 
at Warners; directed all second units, such as 
battles, dance routines, etc. ; produced and sold 
two-reel airplane pictures through Educational; 
directed for Republic Pictures in 1936; directed 
series of "Hopalong Cassidy" western; now di- 
recting for Universal ; hobbies : motor boating 
and fishing. 

T ▼ 

WEBB, HARRY S. 

b. Pennsylvania ; employed in several branches 
of the motion picture industry for the last twenty 
years ; directed for Universal, Mayfair and 



Warner Bros. ; for the last four or five years 
has been in independent production and has 
directed for Reliable Pictures Corporation. 

WEINGARTEN. LAWRENCE 

b. Chicago, Dec. 30 ; former publicity man ; 
1931, joined M-G-M as associate producer; still 
with M-G-M in the same capacity. 

WELLMAN, WILLIAM 

b. Feb., 1898, Boston; ran away trom prep 
school to join French Army in World War ; 
member of Lafayette Escadrille until plane 
crashed and was invalided home with broken 
back; entered pictures about 1920, shortly after 
recovery; messenger boy at the old Goldwyn 
studio, working up to assistant director there in 
1923, assisting various directors on that lot for 
a year and a half; joined Fox as assistant and 
promoted to directorship, making nine feature -; 
directed then for Goldwyn for two years; madi 
independent film for Harry Cohn; signed with 
B. P. Schulberg and went with latter to Para 
mount, remaining in 1928-29; with Warner Bros, 
in 1930-32 ; selected one of ten best directors of 
1928-29 in "Film Daily" Annual Poll; directed 
for Twentieth Century Pictures and M-G-M ; now 
with Selznick-International. 
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WERKER, ALFRED L. 

b. Deadwood, S. D. ; worked around theaters as 
a youngster and then ballyhoo man for circus, 
road-show in northern Texas; road-showed "In- 
tolerance," Griffith film, through the Southwest 
and later manager a number of small shows in 
that territory ; was in the U. S. Photographic 
Division during World War, upon returning he 
received first picture experience as continuity 



SONYA LEVIEN 






IN PRODUCTION 






"IN OLD CHICAGO" 






Adaptation and Screenplay* 






IN PREPARATION 






"KIDNAPED" 




"The Country Doctor" 


Adaptation and Screenplay 


"Reunion" 


(Authorship and Screenplay) 




(Screenplay) 


"The White Parade" 


— "Cavalcade" — "State Fair" 


— etc. 


•IN COLLABORATION 







EDDIE FORMAN 

Writing Comedies 

WARNER BROS. 

Vitaphone Studios 



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clerk with E. Mason Hopper ; later prop man 
with Mary Pickford unit; went to Berlin and 
made three ; directed Fred Thomson Western 
unit, releasing through FBO-RKO and Para- 
mount ; switched to Fox in 1929 ; was under 
contract to Fox ; directed for Twentieth Century- 
Prods. ; directed "The House of Rothschild," 
voted one of the Ten Best Pictures of 1934 in 
the annual Film Daily poll; was with Para- 
mount ; now free-lancing. 

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WHALE, JAMES 

b. Dudley, Staffs, England, July 22, 1896; car- 
toonist for "The Bystander"; acted first while 
a prisoner of war in Germany, 1917; made first 
professional appearance on stage with Reper- 
tory Company, 1918, as Mr. Slaney in "Abra- 
ham Lincoln" ; was stage manager of Savoy 
theater, London ; made first appearance on 
London stage at the Ambassadors in 1925 as 
Gas Jones in '"A Comedy of Good and Evil," 
followed successful roles in "The Cherry Or- 
chard," "Prisoners of War," "The Sea Gull," 
"Mr. Godley Beside Himself," "The Would-Be 
Gentleman," "Paul Among Jews," "Love at 
Second Sight," and many other hits ; later pro- 
duced "The Lady From Alfaqueque" and "For- 
tunata," then "Journey's End," then directed 
the motion picture version; staged "Hell's 
Angels"; directed for Universal; now under con- 
tract to Carl Laemmle, Jr. 
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WHITE, JULES 

b. 1900, Budapest; began picture work in 1909 
as juvenile actor; film cutter for Jack White, 
at Educational, working mostly on short reel 
comedies; first directed in 1925; made shorts 
for Fox, and Educational, continuing in 1929 ; 
co-directirg M-G-M dog comedies in 1930; was 
directing features at M-G-M ; hobbies : fishing, 
riding and out-doors ; now in charge of shorts 
at Columbia; will also produce and direct features 
for Columbia. 

WHITE, SAM 

b. Chicago, 1906; came to California at the age 
of six months; graduated from Hollywood High 
School; worked as a child actor for Bison-101 
in 1910; worked for the following: Ince, Key- 
stone Comedies, Selig and others; entered the 
production end of motion pictures as an assis- 
tant camera boy with Educational; worked for 
the Christies and Monte Banks as first camera- 
man; also with Richard Talmadge and P.D.C. ; 
became a comedy writer for Educational and 
Fox ; directed for Stern Bros. ; started as a 
film cutter for Educational; went to RKO as a 
cutter of features; directed short subjects foi 
RKO; went to New York to edit the Ely Cul- 
hertson "bridge series"; returned to Hollywood 
and completed the direction of Ely Culbertson 
series: was loaned to Columbia to direct two 
comedies ; was under contract to RKO ; now 
free-lancing; hobbies: all kinds of sports, fishing, 
golfing, horseback riding, etc. 

WICKLAND, LARRY 

b. Kansas City, Mo. ; educ. Hollywood High School 
and Academia Victoria, in Buenos Aires; was a 
horse wrangler during summer vacations; got 
into pictures as a rider and bit player about 
1915; supervisor with Stratford-cn-Avon play- 
ers and did stock in Burbank and Morosco The- 
aters, Los Angeles; has independently produced 
pictures in Me'xico: supervised serials for Repub- 
lic Pictures. 



WILBUR, CRANE 



r>. Athens, N. Y., Nov. 17, 1888; began theatri- 
cal career at 16, appearing with Mrs. Fiske 
at the Manhattan theater. New York City ; then 
followed four years of intensive training under 



Mrs. Fiske; played on Broadway for several 
years ; while playing in an A. H. Woods pro- 
duction he was signed by Pathe ; about 12 years 
ago, he tired of being a movie star and returned 
to the theater as a playwright and actor ; he has 
written and produced many plays ; wrote and 
directed for M-G-M ; directed several independ- 
ent productions; was under contract to George 
Hirliman as director-writer; now with Warner 
Bros. ^ _ 

WILCOX, HERBERT 

b. Cork, Ireland, 1892; educ. Brighton; after 
demobilization from the Army in 1919 began to 
take an active interest in the British motion 
picture industry; was at first secretary and di- 
rector of Astra Films and later a director for 
British & Dommion Film Corporation; later 
formed the Herbert Wilcox Prods, which is part 
of British & Dominion Film Corp. 

WILES, GORDON 

b. St. Louis, Mo., 1902; educ. attended the 
United States Naval Academy; in 1926-27 stud- 
ied art in Paris and Rome ; a year later joined 
United Artists as an art director, and in 1930 
joined Fox; won Academy Award of Motion 
Picture Arts and Sciences honors for 1931-32 
for his art direction on the Fox production, 
"Transatlantic"; in 1936, directed for 20th Cen- 
tury-Fox and Columbia. 

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WILLAT, IRVIN V. 

b. 1892, Stamford, Conn. ; educ. De Land, Fla. ; 
joined Imp as actor one year after company was 
formed ; played opposite Mary Pickford in small 
parts as first work; laboratory worker, later fac- 
tory superintendent, with NYMP, N. Y. ; manu- 
factured cameras; worked as assistant with All- 
Star Pictures, World, Triangle, Ince-Triangle; 
first directed "The Zeppelin's Last Raid" ; after 
Ince-Triangle, joined Paramount, later Metro, 
1923, Goldwyn, Selznick and then back to Fa- 
mous; loaned to First National to make one; 
1926, with Universal and with the same com- 
pany in 1927-28, then to Columbia; contract 
with First National in 1929; free-lancing in 
1930-31-32; directed for Monogram, E. B. Derr; 
now freelancing; member Academy of M. P. 
Arts and Sciences. 

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WOLFSON, P. J. 

Writer of adaptations and screenplays for Para- 
mount, Warners, RKO, and M-G-M; now an 
associate producer at RKO. 

WOOD, SAM 

b. 1886, Philadelphia; educ. Philadelphia; invest- 
ment broker; started screen career with Famous, 
making 24, following with First National, Real- 
art, M-G-M, and returning to Famous; made 
first film with Paramount acting school gradu- 
ates, 1927; with M-G-M, 1928-32; directed for 
Reliance ; now with M-G-M ; member Academy 
of M. P. Arts and Sciences ; hobbies : football 
and rowing. 

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WORSLEY. WALLACE 

b. Wappinger's Falls, N. _Y., Dec. 8, 1900; 
juvenile lead and stage director for Charles 
Frohman, Kirke La Sbelle Co. and other stock 
companies; started directing pictures in 1916; 
now free-lancing. 

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WRIGHT, MACK V. 

b. Princeton. Indiana; educ. New Albany Ind. 
High .School. Centralia Business College, Cen- 
traha. Til.; joined ^'niversal 1916 as an actor; 
1919, directed Hoot Gibson for Universal; played 
leads in serials ; featured roles in Universal pic- 
tures ; made a personal appearance tour of the 
middle West ; played heavy in serials ; assistant 
to J. R. McGowan on the Helen Holmes series; 
was assistant director on the first Trem Carr 



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picture; directed John Wayne in westerns for 
Leon Schlesinger ; assistant to Trem Carr ; now 
directing for Republic Pictures. 



directed for London Films ; returned to Holly- 
wood latter part of 1934, signed by Paramount; 
now free-lancing. 



WURTZEL, SOL M. 

b. New York City, Sept. 9, 1891 ; educ. public 
schools of New York and at the High School of 
Commerce, from which he graduated ; leaving 
.school took a job with a wholesale grocery 
firm; became associated with Fox Film in 1915 
as secretary and stenographer; 1917, sent 
to Hollywood as general manager of the 
studio ; has lifted many personalities in motion 
picture out of obscurity ; visits other parts of 
the United States and goes abroad as often as 
his work permits, believes all who have a part 
in the selection and making of motion pictures 
owe it to themselves and their work to personally 
study people and life outside of Hollywood ; is 
convinced most people want entertainment, not 
preachment, in motion pictuies. 

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WYLER. ROBERT 

b. Mulhouse, France, in 1900 ; educ. there and 
in Lausanne, Switzerland; is a graduate of Zurich 
Polytechnic College; brought to Hollywood by 
Carl Laemmie in 1923; was an assistant to 
Clarence Brown, William Wyler and several 
other directors; later supervised several pictures 
made by William Wyler, Melville Brown and 
other directors; wrote adaptations; was sent 
abroad to supervise a French production, but 
was appointed to direct it ; directed "Papa Sans 
I^e Saboir"; directed at Paramount's Joinville, 
France, studios ; now with Paramount. 

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WYLER, WILLIAM 

b. France; educ. Univ. of Lausanne, Switzer- 
land; studied one year in Paris; came to New 
York to handle foreign film publicity for Uni 
versal, at home office ; to Hollywood as assist- 
ant director for same company ; became director 
for same company ; became director of Uni- 
versal shorts; directed "Hell's Heroes," "The 
Storm" and other features ; remaining with unit 
in 1928-29 ; under contract to Samuel Goldwyn ; 
hobby : tennis. 

KYDIAS, A. J. 

b. May 22, 1880, Tinos, Greece; educ. Greece; 
came to United States in 1894; operated thea- 
ters in Houston, New Orleans and Hattiesburg, 
Miss.; handled world rights of pictures; is now 
producing in Hollywood. 

VARBROUGH, JEAN 

b. Marianna, Ark.. Aug. 22, 1902 ; educ. Uni- 
versity of the South, Sewanee, Tenn. ; joined 
Hal Roach Studios in 1922 as prop man; be- 
came an assistant director and later wrote for 
Roach ; wrote and gagged for Mack Sennett 
until 1932; joined RKO as assistant director; 
started directing for RKO in 1935. 



YATES, HAL 

First film experience in labs of Mack Sennett 
in 1916 and then to the cutting room; with Fox 

as a cutter; Hal Roach as cutter and director; 
directed Stan Laurel ; others for Roach in 1928- 

29, free-lancing ; was under contract to Roach ; 

now free-lancing. 

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YOUNG, HAROLD M. 

b. Portland, Ore., Nov. 13, 1897; educ. high 
school. Columbia University, Portland ; entered 
pictures in cutting room, Mack Sennett Studio. 
1920; film editor. Warner Bros. M-G-M and 
First National Studios ; assistant director, Hal- 
perin Bros.; co-writer, British and Dominions; 
supervising editor. Paramount Studios, Joinville. 
Paris, and Elstree, London ; with Alexander 
Korda's British and French productions units ; 



YOUNG, LON 

b. Providence, R. I., July 8, 1887 ; went to 
England at age of five; educ. Portland College. 
Ealing and Eton ; associated with all branches 
of show business ; toured the U. S. and Orient 
with own magic act under name "Leonzo" ; 
opened one of the first picture houses in Provi- 
dence, R. I., in 1908; later managed theaters 
throughout New England ; joined Fox Fihn 
Corp. in 1918 as their first exploiteer ; later 
with Selznick-Select ; five years director adver- 
tising and publicity for Warner Bros. ; resigned 
to open commercial photograph studio ; jo-'ned 
Gotham as director of advertising and publicity ; 
left to go to Coast to produce first series of pic- 
tures for Chesterfield ; later made first inde- 
pendent talking picture for Audible Pictures of 
which he was president ; later joined Columbia 
and from there to Educational for three years ; 
production supervisor for Chesterfield and In- 
vincible pictures ; has produced 30 pictures since 
1934; now with Monogram. 

ZANUCK, DARRYL 

b. Wahoo, Nebraska ; educ. in schools in that 
locality ; entered War and went overseas, served 
in three offensives ; returning home, started 
writing short stories; suggested theme plot to 
William Russell, which was bought for picture 
produced by Fox; 1928, became associate execu- 
tive in charge of Warner Bros.; 1929-1930. Gen- 
eral Production Chief and in 1931 chief execu- 
tive in charge of all Warner Bros, productions ; 
resigned in 1933 to form 20th Century Produc- 
tions in association with Joseph M. Schenck, 
Schenck was president of the company, with 
Zanuck vice-president in charge of production ; 
produced "The House of Rothschild" selected 
one of the Ten Best Pictures of 1934, in "Film 
Daily" Annual Poll; 1935 a deal was arranged 
which made Zanuck vice-president in charge of 
all production for 20th Century-Fo.x Pictures as 
the result of a consolidation which took 20th 
Century from the United Artists studios to the 
Fox studios. 

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ZEIDMAN, BENNIE F. 

b. Philadelphia, Oct. 4, 1895 ; educ. Philadelphia 
public schools ; was publicity manager for 
Douglas Fairbanks ; producer of independent pic- 
tures ; executive assistant to the general manager 
of Universal Pictures ; executive assistant to Jack 
Warner, production chief of Warner Bros. ; as- 
sociate producer for Paramount ; associate pro- 
ducer for Columbia Pictures ; producer of inde- 
pendent pictures operating as Bennie F. Zeidman 
Productions, Ltd. ; produced independently for 
Universal Pictures ; now releasing through 
Grand N'ational. 

ZIMBALIST, SAM 

b. New York City, 1902 ; entered picture busi- 
ness as an office boy with Metro in New York ; 
became a film editor with Metro studios in New 
York : brought to Hollywood with N'azimova and 
was film editor for her ; worked at First Na- 
tional as film editor; 1927. joined M-G-M as 
editor ; 1930. became assistant to Hunt Strom- 
berg ; now supervising for M-G-M. 

ZOBEL, VICTOR 

b. New York, May 14, 1895; educ. New York 
public and private schools; first entered show 
business in 1914 with Exclusive Features of 
New York: then worked in the distribution end, 
with several of the leading motion picture com- 
panies; was with Mascot since 1929, first as 
business manager and later as supervisor; also 
was associated with the production of six serials 
produced by Mascot, was with Republic. 



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HENRY BLANKE 

Associate Producer 
Warner Bros.-First National 

'THE LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA'' 



ALBERT LEWIN 



PRODUCING 

for 
PARAMOUNT 



ELLIOTT NUGENT 


Director 


"IT'S ALL YOURS ' 


with Madeleine Carroll, Francis Lederer and Mischa Auer 


"WIVES NEVER KNOW" 


with Charlie Ruggles, Mary Boland and Adolphe Menjou 



264 



* PRODUCERS * 

Associate Producers - - - Supervisors 



• • • THEIR WORK ON FEATURES DURING 1936 AND THE 
FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 1937 



ALEXANDER, ARTHUR 

1936: West of Nevada, Idaho 
Kid, Men of the Plains. 

1937: The Shadow Strikes. 

ALEXANDER, MAX 

19.^6: Men of the Plains. 
1937: The Shadow Strikes. 

ARTHUR. GEORGE M. 

1937: Last Train from Madrid. 

ASHER. E. M. 

1936: Diacula's Daughter, 
Two in a Crowd, Service De 
Luxe, Reno in the Fall. Case 
of the Constant God, Blonde 
Dynamite, Love Letters of a 
Star. 

1937: She's Dangerous, As 
Good as Married. Wings Over 
Honolulu, .'\rmored Car, Love 
in a Bungalow. 

BALDWIN, EARL 

1936: C.cild Diggers of 1937, 

Ever Since Eve, Men Are 

Such Fools, Slight Case of 

Murder. 

1937: F.ver Since Eve. 



BANKS, MONTY 

1936: No Limits, Keep Your 
Seats Please. 



BARSKY, BUD 



1937: Wallaby Jim of the Is- 
lands. 



BATCHELLER, GEORGE R. 
Producer 

1936: Ring Around the Moon, 
Little Red School House, Be- 
low the Deadline, The Dark 
Hour, August Week-End, 
Missing Girls, Lady Luck. 

BENNETT, HUGH 

1937: Last Train from Madrid. 

BERKE, WILLIAM 

1936: Doughnuts and Society, 
Bulldog Kditi-.n. 
1937: A Man Betrayed, Bill 
Cracks Down. Ghost Towi> 
Gold, Dangerous Holiday. 

BERMAN. PANDRO S. 
Producer 

1936: Muss 'Em Up. Follow 
the Fleet, Mary of Scotland, 
Swing Time, The Big Game, 
A Woman Rebels, Winterset, 
That Girl from Paris. 
1937: Quality Street, The 



Soldier and the Lady, Shall 
We Dance. 

BERNHEIM. JULIUS 
Associate Producer 
1936: Crash Donovan. 

BISCHOFF, SAMUEL 
Associate Producer 
1936: Earthworm Tractors, 
Boulder Dam, Snowed Under, 
Golden Arrow, Public En- 
emy's Wife, China Clipper, 
Cain and Mabel, The Charge 
of the Light Brigade, Three 
Men on a Horse, Let's Pre- 
tend, Ready, Willing and Able, 
San Ouentin. 

1937: The Go Getter, Kid Gal- 
lahad. Slim. 

BISHOP, KENNETH J. 

1937: What Price Vengeance. 



BLANKE, HENRY 

Producer 

1936 : The Green Pastures, An- 
thony Adverse, The Story of 
Louis Pasteur, The Petrified 
Forest, Satan Met a Lady, 
The White Angel, The Case of 
the Velvet Claw. 
1937: Call It a Day, Green 
Light, Life of Emile Zola, 
Confession. 



BOTSFORD. A. M. 

1936: Too Many Parents, 
Forgotten Faces, Border 
Flight, And Sudden Death. 
Girl of the Ozarks, Return of 
Sophie Lang, Three Cheers for 
Love, Arizona Raiders, Holly- 
wood Boulevard, Straight from 
the Shoulder, Murder with 
Pictures, Rose Bowl, The Ac- 
cusing I'"inger. 

1937: Hideaway Girl. Arizona 
Mahoney. 

BRISKIN, BURNEY 
1937 : Tlic Califnrnians. 

BREN, MILTON 
(Associate Producer) 
1937: Topper. 

BRISKIN. IRVING 

1936: Hell-Ship Morgan. 

BROCK, LOU 

1937: Top of the Town. 

BROD, SIDNEY 

1936: Straight from the Shoul- 
der. 

BROWN, HARRY JOE 
Producer 
1936 : I Married a Doctor, 



Sons O' Guns, Hearts Divided, 
.Stolen Holiday, Marry the Girl. 

BROWNE, CHARLES A. 
1937: Circus Girl. 

BUELL, JED 

1936: Romance Rides the 

Range. 

1937: Melody of the Plains. 

BURR, C. C. 

1936: Sky Bound, Suicide 
S(|ua(l. The Reckless Way. 

CALLAGHAN, GEORGE H. 
1936 : Romance Rides the 
Range. 

CAPRA, FRANK 

1936: Mr. Deeds Goes to 
Town, The Lost Horizon. 

CARR, TREM 

1936 : Conflict, Sea Spoilers, 
Adventure's End, Short Haul. 
1937: California Straight 

Ahead. I Cover the War. 

CARROLL, EARL 

1936 : Stowaway, Love Is 
News. 

CHAPLIN, CHARLIE 
1936: Modern Times. 

CLARK, COLBERT 
Associate Producer 
1936 : Laughing Irish Eyes, 
Hearts in Bondage, The Gen- 
tleman from Louisiana, Happy 
Go Lucky. 
1937: The Hit Parade. 



CLINE, EDWARD F. 

Supervisor 

1936: Girl of the Ozarks, Hol- 
lywood Boulevard, Murder 
with Pictures, Rose Bowl. Pre- 
view ^Murder Case. 



COHEN. BEN S. 
Producer 

1936: Tundra, Phantom of 
Sanl.L I''t'. 

COHEN, EMANUEL 

1936: Pennies from Heaven, 
Go West Young Man, Mind 
Your Own Business. 
1937: Outcast. Girl from Scot- 
land 'S'ard. .Midnight Madonna. 

COHEN. MAURY 
Producer 

1936: Tango, Bridge of Sighs, 
Three of a Kind, Easy Money, 
It Couldn't Have Happened, 
Brilliant Marriage, Ellis Isl- 
and. 

COHEN, RALPH 

1936: Panic on the Air. 
1937: A Fight to a Finish. 

COHN, MARTIN G. 

1937: Sing While You're Able, 
Anything for a Thrill. 



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BUD 


B ARSK Y 




Producing for 


Grand National 



HAROLD SHUMATE 


Producing 


for 


REPUBLIC 



JOHN 


STONE 


Associate Producer 


The Charlie Chan Series 


The Jane 


Withers Series 



MEL !$HAUER 

Producer 

'This Way Please'' 

A Paramount Musical Introducing 
"Is It Love or Infatuation?" 
One of the Season's Top Hits 

266 



PRODUCERS' WORK 



CONN, MAURICE H. 

1936: Timber War, Song of 
the Trail, Born to Fight, The 
Phantom Patrol, The Wildcat 
Trooper, Racing Blood, With 
Love and Kisses, Headline 
Crasher, Devil Diamond, Val- 
ley of Terror, Wild Horse 
Roundup, Galloping Dynamite. 
19,?7: Sing While Vuu're Able. 
Headline Crasher, Tough In 
Handle, Anything for a Thrill. 

CONNOLLY, MYLES 



l^*,- 



1 P 



imise ti 



CONSIDINE. JOHN W., Jr. 

1936: Robin Hood of El Do- 
rado, Absolute Quiet, The 
N'oice of Bugle Ann. 
I".i7: Pf-rsonal Property. The 
ICmpernr's Candlesticks. 

COOPER. MERIAN C. 
Producer 
1936. Dancing Pirate. 

CUMMINGS. JACK 
1936: Born to Dance. 

CUNNINGHAM, JACK 
Associate Producer : 
1936 : Too Many Parents, 
Woman Trap. 
Producer : 
1936: Easy it Take. 

DARMOUR, LARRY 

1936: Avenging Waters, The 
Unknown Ranger, North of 
Nome, Fugitive SherilT, Ran- 
ger Courage, Rio Grande Ro- 
mance. 
1937: Trouble in Morocco. 

DAVIS. FRANK 

1936: Petticoat Fever, The 
Devil is a Sissy. 

DEARHOLT, ASHTON 
Producer 

1936: Tundra, The Phantom 
of Santa Fe, Dragnet. 

DECKER. HARRY L. 
1936: Shakedown. 

deMILLE. CECIL B. 
1936: The Plainsman. 

DERR, E. B. 

1936: The Glory Trail, Re- 
bellion. 

l')37: Old Louisiana, Battle of 
dreed. Drums of Destiny. 

DeSYLVA. B. G. 
Producer 

1936: Sing Baby Sing, La- 
dies in Love. 

DIEGE, SAM 

1937: Xavv Spv, Bank Alarm, 
The Gold Racket. 

EDELMAN, LOU 

1936: Bullets or Ballots, God's 
Country and the Woman. 
1937 : Marked Woman, The 
Singing Marine. 



ELLIOTT, CLYDE E. 

1937: Booloo. 



EMERSON, JOHN 

1936: San Francisco. 
1937: Mama Steps Out. Sara- 
toga. 
ENGEL. SAMUEL G. 
Associate producer 
1936: Crack-Up. 



ERMOLIEFF, JOSEPH 

1937: The Soldier and the 

Lady. 
ESTABROOK, HOWARD 

1937 : Maid of Salem. 
ESWAY, ALEXANDER 

193 7 : Thunder in the City. 
FANCHON 

193 7: Turn Of¥ the Moon. 
FARALLA, DARIO 

1936: Border Flight, Return 

of Sophie Lang. 
FELD, MILTON H. 

1936: Career Woman. 

1937: Time Out for Romance. 

Midnight Taxi, Born Reckless, 

.Sing and Be Happy. 

FESSIER, MICHAEL 

1936: Women Are Trouble, All 
American Chump. 

1937: Song of the City, This 
is My Wife. 

FIELDS, LEONARD 

1937: Two Wise Maids. 

FINNEY, EDWARD F. 

1936 : Song of the Gringo, 
Headin' for Rio Grande. 
1937: Trouble in Texas, Ari- 
zona Days. 

FOY, BRYAN 

1936: Freshman Love, Man 
Hunt. The Murder of Dr. 
Harrigan, Treachery Rides 
the l^ange. Love Begins at 
Twenty, Bengal Tiger, Smart 
Blonde. 

1937: Midnight Court. Melody 
for Two. 

FRANKLIN, HAROLD B. 
1936: Secret Marriage, Five 
Little Heiresses. 

FRENKE, EUGEN 

1937 : Two Who Dared. 

FRIEDGEN, RAYMOND 
Producer 

1936 : Just My Luck. 

1937 : Killers of the Sea. 
FUTTER, WALTER 

1936: Frontier Justice, Feud 
of the West, The Riding Aven- 
ger. Cavalcade of the West. 



GARNETT, TAY 

1936: World Cruise, Trade 
Winds. 



GAY, FRANK 



1937 : King of the Sierras 



GENSLER, LEWIS E. 

1936: Big Broadcast of 1937, 
Yours for the Asking. 

GLAZER. BENJAMIN 

1936: Anything Goes, Rhythm 
on the Range. 

1937: Internes Can't Take 
Money. Mountain Music, Ex- 
clusive. 

GOLDEN, MAX 

1936: Every Saturday Night. 

Educating Father, Back to 

Nature. 

1937: Off to the Races, Laugh- 



ing at Trouble. Big Business. 
GOLDSMITH, KEN 

1936: The Leathernecks Have 

Landed. 

1937: The Hoosier Schoolboy. 
GOLDSTEIN, LEONARD 

Associate Producer 

1936: Daniel Boone, Park 

Avenue Logger. 

1937: Hollywood Cowboy. 
GOLDSTONE, PHILIP 

Producer 

1936 : Tarzan Escapes. 

1937: Damaged Goods. 

GOLDWYN, SAMUEL 

Producer 

1936: Strike Me Pink, These 
Three, Dodsworth, Come and 
Get It, Beloved Enemy. 
1937: Woman Chases Man, 
Stella Dallas. Dead End, The 
Hurricane. 
GRAINGER, JAMES 
EDMUND 
Producer 

1936: Love Before Breakfast, 
The Invisible Ray, Sutter's 
Gold, Flying Hostess. 
1937: We Have Our Moments. 
Breezing Home. Oh Doctor, 
The Road Back, Let Them 
Live ! 

GREEN, GEORGE 
Associate Producer 
1936: Three on the Trail, 
Heart of the West. 

GREEN, HOWARD J. 

1936: They Met in a Taxi. 

GRIFFITH, RAYMOND 
1936: Under Two Flags, Pri- 
vate Number, Girl's Dormi- 
tory, One in a Million. 
1937 : Seventh Heaven, Fifty 
Roads to Town. 

GROSS, EDWARD 
Associate Producer 
1936: Rainbow on the River, 
Secret Valley, Let's Sing 
Again, Border Patrolman, Call- 
ing of Dan Matthews, O'Mal- 
ley of the Mounted, Mine with 
the Iron Door, King of the 
Royal Mounted, Wild Brian 
Kent. 

HACKEL, A. W. 
Producer 

1936: The Desert Phantom. 
Sundown Saunders. Rogue of 
the Rio Grande, Last of the 
Warrens, The Law Rides, 
Brand of the Outlaws, Every 
Man's Law, Crooked Trail, 
Cavalry, Undercover Man, 
Border Phantom. 
1937 : The Gun Ranger, Law- 
less Land. Bar Z Bad Man, 
The Trusted Outlaw, Guns in 
the Dark. Gun Lords of Stir- 
rup Basin. Border Phantom, 
.\ Lawman is Born. 

HAGEN, JULIUS 

1937 : Broken Blossoms, Jug- 
gernaut. 

HAIGHT, GEORGE 
1936 : Beloved Enemy. 
1937: Woman Chases Man. 

HALPERIN, VICTOR 
1936 : I Conquer the Sea. 

HARRIS. ROBERT 

1937: When's Your Birthday? 



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WALTER C€NN€LLy 

''THE GOOD EARTH'' 

'LIBELED LADY'' 

''LEAGUE OF FRIGHTENED MEN'' 

"NANCY STEELE IS MISSING" 

"LET'S GET MARRIED'' 



ADELE B. 


BUFFINGTON 


The Sheik Steps Out" 


/;/ Preparation 


(Original and Screenplay) 


"Prison Nurse" 


"The Duke Comes Back" 


(Screenplay) 


(Screenplay) 


"They Didn't Want Love" 




(Original) 


"Michael O'Halloran" 


Management — Myrt Blum Agency 


(Screenplay) 


Nan Blair, Associate 



ULRICH STEINDORFF 



Writing for 
WARXER RROI$. 



1. E. LOPERT PresiJetit F. KASSLER Ce„. 


Ugr. 


PAX FILM, I!\C. 




723 SEVENTH AVE., NEW YORK CITY MEdalllon 3-3248-3249 


First of Our GREAT PRODUCTIONS 




"MAYERLING'' 




Starring 




CHARLES BOYER and DANIELLE DARRIEUX 





268 



PRODUCERS' WORK 



HECHT, BEN 

1936: Soak the Rich. 
HELLMAN, MARCEL 

19.?; : Wht'ii Thief Meets 
Thief. 



HIRLIMAN, GEORGE 

Producer 

1936: Captain Calamity, Yel- 
low Cargo, We're in the 
Legion Now. Devil on Horse- 
back, Go Get 'Em Haines, 
Daniel Boone. 

1937: Park x\ venue Logger. 
The Gold Racket. Hollywood 
Cowboy, Bank Alarm. Wind- 
jammer, Love Takes Flight. 



HOFFMAN, M. H. 
Producer 

1936: Penthouse Party, Dizzy 
Dames. 

HORNBLOW, ARTHUR. JR. 

Producer 

1936 : Princess Comes Across, 
Three Married Men. 
1937 : Swing High-Swing Low. 
Waikiki Wedding, Easy Liv- 
ing, High, Wide and Hand- 
some. 

HUBBARD, LUCIEN 
Associate Producer 
1936: Garden Murder Case. 
Moonlight Murder, Speed, 
W" o m e n Are Trouble, All 
American Chump, The Long- 
est Night, Sworn Enemy, Sin- 
ner Take All. 

1937: L'nder Cover of Night. 
A Family Affair, bong of the 
City, ;Man of the People. 

HULBURD, MERRITT 

1936: Dodsworth, Come and 
Get It. 



HUNT, CHARLES 

1936: Captain Calamity, You're 
in the Legion. Devil on Horse- 
back. 
1937: Bank Alarm. 



1937: Wings of the Morning, 
Under the Red Robe. 

KATZMAN, SAM 
Producer 

1936: Rio Grande Romance, 
Fighting Coward, A Face in 
the Fog, Kelly of the Secret 
Service, Taming the Wild, Put 
on the Spot. 

KAUFMAN, EDWARD 

1936: We're Only Human, 
The Lady Consents, The Ex- 
Mrs. Bradford, Walking on 
Air, Smartest Girl in Town. 

KEEFE, DANIEL 

1936: The Arizona Raiders, 
The Accusing Finger, Arizona 
Mahoney. 

KELLY, BURT 

1936: The President's Mys- 
tery. 

1937: Navy Blues, Affairs of 
Cappy Ricks. 

KENDIS, J. D. 

1936: Gambling With Souls. 

KIMBALL, CHARLES 
1936: She-Devil Island. 

KIMBALL, FENN 

1936 : I Cover Chinatown. 

KIRKWOOD, RAY 

1936: Blazing Justice, Out- 
laws of the Range. 

KNIGHT, HARRY S. 
1936: The Crime Patrol. 
1937: Hills of Old Wvuming. 

KOHNER, PAUL 

1936: Next Time We Love. 

KORDA, ALEXANDER 
1936: Rembrandt. 
1937: Men Are Not Gods. The 
Man Who Could Work Mira- 
cles. Knight Without Armor. 

KRUMGOLD, JOSEPH 

1937 : Join the Marines, Jim 
Hanvev — Detective. 

LA CAVA, GREGORY 
1936: My Man Godfrey. 

LACKEY, WILLIAM T. 
Associate Producer 
1936: Desert Gold, Forgotten 
Faces, And Sudden Death. 

LAEMMLE, CARL, JR. 
1936: Showboat. 



Matthews, O'Malley of the 
Mounted. Let's Sing Again, 
The Mine With the Iron 
Door, Border Patrolman, Wild 
Brian Kent, King of the Royal 
Mounted, Rainbow on the 
River, Secret Valley. 
1937: It Happened Out West 
The Califoniians. 
LEVINE, NAT 

1936: The House of a Thou 
sand Candles, The Girl from 
Mandalay, The Harvester 
Darkest Africa, The Singing 
Cowboy, Navy Born, Hearts 
in Bondage, Ticket to Para 
disc, Down to the Sea, Laugh 
ing Irish Eyes, Red River 
Valley, Return of Jimmy Val 
entine, Leathernecks Have 
Landed, King of the Pecos 
Comin' Round the Mountain 
Lonely Trail, Winds of the 
Wasteland, Guns and Guitars 
Gentleman from Louisiana, The 
Vigilantes Are Coming, Fol 
low Your Heart, Oh Susannah 
Bulldog Edition, The Presi 
dent's Mystery, Country Gen 
tlemen, The Bold Caballero 
The Lonely Trail, Happy Go 
Lucky, Guns and Guitars 
Larceny in the Air, A Man 
Betrayed, Happy Go Lucky 
The Big Show, Sitting on the 
Moon. The Three Mesquiteers 
1937: Paradise Express, Cir 
cus Girl, Beware of Ladies 
Two Wise Maids, Join the 
Marines, Larcenv on the Air 
Ghost Town Gold, The Hit 
Parade, Roarin' Lead, Round 
up Time in Texas, Riders of 
the Whistling Skull, The Man- 
darin Mystery, The Big Show 



LEVOY, ALBERT, E. 

1936: Follow Your Heart, The 
President's Mystery. 
1937: Join the Marines, Two 
Wise Maids. Jim Hanvey — De- 
tective. Rhythm in the Clouds, 
Portia on Trial, Meet the 
Duchess. The Ladv Misbe- 



HURLEY, HAROLD 

1936: Drift Fence, Desert 
Gold, It's a Great Life, Pre- 
view Murder Mystery, Woman 
Trap, Timothy's Quest, The 
Sky Parade, Rocky Mountain 
Mystery, Wanderer of the 
Wasteland. 
1937: Let's Make a Milliun. 

HYMAN, BERNARD F. 
1936: San Francisco. 
1937 : Saratoga. 

JOHNSON, NUNNALLY 
1936: Dimples, Banjo On My 
Knee. 

1937: Nancy Steele is Missing, 
Cafe Metrop'le, Slave Ship. 

JONES, BUCK 

1936 : Sunset of Power, For 
the Service, The Cowboy and 
the Kid, Ride 'Em Cowboy, 
Empty Saddles, Boss Rider of 
Gun Creek, Sandflow, Left 
Handed Law, Smoke Tree 
Range. 

KANE, ROBERT T. 
Producer 



LANDAU, LESLIE L 

1936: Dark World, Wedding 

Group. 

1937: The Lady Escapes. 



LASKY, JESSE L. 

Producer 

1936: One Rainy Afternoon, 

The Gay Desperado. 
LE BARON, WILLIAM 

Producer 

1936: Rose of the Rancho, 

Klondike Annie, Give Us This 

Night, Poppy, The General 

Died at Dawn. 
LEICHTER, MITCHELL 

Producer 

1936: Desert Guns. 
LE ROY, MERVYN 

1936: The King and the 

Chorus Girl. 

1V37: Thev Won't Forget. 
LESSER, SOL 

Producer 

1936: The Calling of Dan 

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LEWIN, ALBERT 

Associate Producer 

1937: The Good Earth. 



LEWIS, ALBERT 

Producer 

1936: 'Til We Meet Again, 
Florida Special, My American 
Wife, A Son Comes Home, 
1937; The Woman I Love, 
Meet the Missus, Fight for 
Your Ladv. Remember the 
Night. 



LIGHTON, LOUIS D. 
Producer 

1936: Collegiate, Trouble for 

Two. 

1937 : Captains Courageous. 



MILAN RODER 

COMPOSER — CONDUCTOR — ARRANGER 

"SOULS AT SEA" "THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER" 

(Original Compositions and (Original Composition and 

Arrangements) Arrangements) 
"EXCLUSIVE" 

(Original Composition and "ANTHONY ADVERSE" 

Arrangements) (Arrangements) 
Address — 854 North Kemp Street, Burbank, Calif. 

Tel.— North Hollywood 2850 or Granite 5167 



"for 

ARTHUR T. HORMAN 

call Swannle" 



LADISLAUS BUS-FEKETE 

UNDER CONTRACT TO M-G-M 
M-G M Originals 

"Tobacco Shop" 
"Ferike" 

TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX 

"Ladies In Love" 
"Jean" 

COLUMBIA 

"Cape of Good Hope' 



THEODORE REEVES 

Writer 
Under contract to 

B. P. SCHULBERG 

Collier-Weber-Todd, Inc. 
agents 

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PRODUCERS' WORK 



LLOYD, FRANK 

1936: Maid of Salem. 

LOEW, DAVID L. 

]y.?7: When's Your Birthday?, 
Ixidiiig on Air. 

LORD. ROBERT 
Producer 

1936: Give Me Your Heart. 
1937: The Prince and the 
Pauper. 

LOWE, EDWARD T. 
Associate l'ro<liicer 
1936: Champagne Charlie. 

LUBITSCH, ERNST 
1936: Desire. 

MacARTHUR, CHARLES 
193 I : Soak the Rich. 

MacLEAN, DOUGLAS 
1936: Great Guy. 
1937; J3'. Hours Leave. 

McCAREY, LEO 

1937: Make Way for Tomor- 
row. 

MACGOWAN, KENNETH 
Producer 

1936: Sins of Man, To Mary 
— With Love, Lloyds of Lon- 
don. 

1937: This is My Affair, 
Wake I'p and Live. 

MALVERN, PAUL 

1936, The Lawless Nineties, 
King of the Pecos, The Ore- 
gon Trail. Winds of the Waste- 
land, The Lonely Trail, Rough 
Waters. 
1937: I Cover the War. 

MANKIEWICZ, JOSEPH L. 
1936: The Three Godfathers. 
Fury, The Gorgeous Hussy, 
Love on the Run. 

MARCUS, LEE 
Producer 

1936: Love on a Bet, Silly 
Billies, Second Wife. 
1937: We're on the Jury, On 
Again-Off Again. 

.vIARIN. NED 

193b: The Garden Murder 
Case, Moonli^iht IMurder. 
1937: L'nder Cover of Nig'.it. 

MARKEY, GENE 
1936: White Hunter. 
1937 : On the Avenue. Wee 
Willie Winkie. 

MARX, SAMUEL 

1936: The Longest Night, 
Anchor Man, Sinner Take All. 
1937 : A Family Atfair. 

MELFORD, FRANK 

Supervisor 

1936: Glory Trail, Rebellion, 

Battle of Greed. Drums nf 

Destinv. 
MORIARTY, BERNARD 

1936: The Glory Trail. 

\'^^7 : Battle m1' Greed. Drunix 

nf Destiny. 
MYERS. ZION 

1936: Two in the Dark. 

1937: They Wanted to Marry. 

NADEL, JOSEPH 

1937: Midnight Madonna. 

NEUFELD, SIG 

1936: Border Caballero, 
l.ightnin' Bill Carson. Ghost 
Patrol, Roarin' Guns, The 
Traitor. 



NEWFIELD, SAM 

1936: Aces and Eights. 
NORTH, ROBERT 

1936: Devil's Squadron. 
OWENS, GEORGE 

1V37: The Wildcatter. 
PARSONS, LINDSLEY 

1936: Song of the Gringo. 

1937: Arizona Days, Trouble 

in Texas. 

PASTERNAK, JOSEPH 

1937: Three Smart Girls. 

PAUL, VAL 

1936: F-Man, The Man I 
Marry, Yellowstone. 
1937: The Mighty Treve. 

PEARSON, HARRY C. 

1937 : African Holiday. 



PERLBERG, WILLIAM 

1936; The King Steps Out. 
1937: It's All Yours, There's 
Always a Woman. 



PICKFORD, MARY 

1936: The Gay Desperado, 
One Rainy Afternoon. 

PIVAR, BEN 

1936: Trapped by Television. 
1937: The Gold Racket. 

POE, COY 

1936: With Love and Kisses. 

1937; Sing While You're Able. 

PRESNELL, ROBERT 

1936; Parole! Postal Itispec- 

tor, Rich and Reckless, Four 

Day Wonder, The Girl on the 

Front Page, When Love Is 

Y"ung. 

1937: Four Days Wonder, Girl 

Overboard, Night Key. 

RANTZ, LOUIS 

1936 : Captain Calamity. 

RAPF, HARRY 

1936: Tough Guy, Whipsaw. 
Three Wise Guys, We Went 
to College, Piccadilly Jim, Old 
Hutch, Mad Holiday. 
1937: Espionage, Good Old 
.Soak, They Gave Him a Gun. 

RAY, BERNARD B. 

1936: Fast Bullets, Million- 
aire Kid, Caryl of the Moun- 
tains. Roamin' Wild, The 
Speed Reporter, Santa Fe 
Trail, Prince of the Rustlers, 
Trigger Tom, The Test, Step 
on It. Riding On. The Riding 
Three, Ambush Valley, Pinto 
Rustlers, Vengeance of Ran- 
nah. 

REID, CLIFF 
Associate Producer 
1936: Yellow Dust, The Wit- 
ness Chair. Special Investi- 
gator, Without Orders, Wanted 
— Jane Turner, The Plough 
and the Stars. 

1937: The Man Who Found 
H'mself, Criminal Lawyer. 
China Pa.ssage. Behind the 
Headlines. 

REID, DOROTHY 

193 7 ; Paradise Isle. 



REVIER, HARRY 

1937: Last of the Penitentes, 
Lash. 
REVNES, MAURICE 
1936: Suzy. 

RISKIN. EVERETT J. 

1936: More Than a Secretary, 

Theodora Goes Wild. 

1937: When You're in Love. 



ROACH, HAL 

1936: The Bohemian Girl, 
Kelly the Second, Neighbor- 
hood House, Mister Cinderella, 
Our Relations, General Spanky, 
Way Out West. 
1937: Nobody's Baby, Topper, 
Pick a Star. 



ROGELL, SID 

1936: Roaming Lady. 

ROGERS. BOGART 

1936: Everbody's Old Man, 
White Fang, Pigskin Parade. 

ROGERS, CHARLES R. 
Producer 

1936: Luckiest Girl in the 
World, The Girl on the Front 
Page, The Magnificent Brute. 
1937: Three Smart Girls, As 
Good as Married. Wings Over 
Honolulu. The Road Back. 

ROWLAND, RICHARD A. 
1936: I'd Give My Life, Along 
Came Love. 

ROYER, FANCHON 

1936: Pilot X, A Million to 
One, Ten Laps to Go. 
1937: Death in the Air, Mile 
a Minute Love. 



RUGGLES, WESLEY 

1936: Valiant is the Word for 
Carrie. 

193 7 : I Met Him in Paris. 
SARECKY, BARNEY 

1936: Darkest Africa, Jungle 
Jim. 



SAVILLE, VICTOR 

1936: It's Love Again, Dark 
Journey, Storm in a Teacup. 
1937 : Action for Slander, 
South Riding, Bicycle Made 
for Two. 



SCHAEFER, ARMAND 

1936: Comin' 'Round the 

Mountain, Down to the Sea, 

Red River Valley, The Singing 

Cowboy. 

1937: Git Along Little Do- 

gies, Round-up Time in Texas, 

The end Corral. 
SCHLOM, HERMAN 

Associate Producer 

1936: Country Gentlemen, 

Beware of Ladies, Without a 

Net. 

1937: Circus Girl, Michael 

O'Halloran. 
SCHULBERG, B. F. 

1936: Lady of Secrets, And 



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GEZA 


HERCZEG 




Story 


and Screenplay 




THE LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA 




(A F 


aul Muni Picture) 


* In Collaboration 







J. ROBERT BREN 
EDMUND L. HARTMANN 

Now Writing for RKO-RADIO 



LAWRENCE RILEY 

Screen Plays 

"Ever Since Eve" "Perfect Specimen"* 

WARNER BROS. 



Original Story 
"Go West, Young Man' 

Based on Stage Play 

In Collaboration "Personal Appearance' 



ROBERT 


N. 


LEE 




Screen 
"JERICHO" 


Plays 


"ARMORED 


CAR" = 


(Capitol Films, London) 




(Universal 


) 


"FORTY NAUGHTY GIRLS" 

(tentative title) 

(RKO RADIO) 




* In Collaboration 









272 



PRODUCERS' WORK 



So They Were Married, Coun- 
terfeit, Meet Nero Wolfe, Wed- 
ding Frfst-nt. 

1937: A Doctor's Diary, Her 
Husband Lies. John Meade's 
Woman, The (neat (iamhini. 

SEDGWICK, EDWARD 

1937: Pick a Star, Riding on 
Air. 

SELZNICK, DAVID O. 
Producer 

1936: Little Lord Fauntleroy, 
The Garden of Allah. 
1937: A Star is Horn. 



SHAUER, MEL 

1936: Three Cheers for Love, 

It's All Free, Shadow of 

Glory. 

1937: This Way Please. 

SHELDON, E. LLOYD 

1936: The Milky Way, 13 
Hours by Air, The Jungle 
Princess. 



SHERMAN, HARRY 

1936: Call of the Prairie. 
Three on the Trail, Heart of 
the West, Hopalong Cassidy 
Returns, Trail Dust. 
1937: Borderland, Hills of Old 
Wyoming, North of Rio 
Grande, Rustler's Valley, The 
Barrier. 



SIEGE, SAM 

193 7 : Bank Alarm. 

SIEGEL, MAX 

1937: A Dav at the Races. 

SIEGEL, SOL C. 

1936: Bulldog Edition. 
1937 : Paradise Express, 

Roarin' Lead. Come on Cow- 
boys!. Range Defenders. 

SIMMONDS, LESLIE 

1936: Border Caballero, 
Lightning' Bill Carson, 
Roarin' Guns, Ghost Patrol, 
Aces and Eights, The Terror. 

SISK, ROBERT 

1936: Chatterbox, Two in Re- 
volt, The Last Outlaw, M'liss, 
Don't Turn 'Em Loose, The 
Plough and the Stars. 
1937: Don't Tell the Wife, 
Outcasts of Poker Flat. Bor- 
der Caff, You Can't Beat 
Love. 

SISTROM, WILLIAM 
Producer 

1936: Murder on the Bridle 
Path, Bunker Bean, The Plot 
Thickens, Racing Lady. 
1937: Too Manv Wives, There 
Goes Mv C.irl. 

SMALL, EDWARD 
Producer 

1936: The Bride Walks Out, 
The Last of the Mohicans, 
We Who Are Al>nut to Die. 
1937: Sea Devils. New Faces 
of 1937. The Toast of New 
York, Super Sleuth. 

SPRINGER, NORMAN 

1937: When's "^'our Birthday? 

STAHL, JOHN M. 
1937: Parnell. 



STARR, IRVING 

Associate Producer 
1936: Nobody's Fool. 

1437 : Damaged Goods. 
STEELE, JOSEPH H. 

1936: Night Waitress. 

1937 : We're on the Jury. 
STONE, ANDREW L. 

193 7 : The Girl Said No. 



STONE, JOHN 

Associate Producer 
1936: Charlie Chan's Secret, 
Here Comes Trouble, Charlie 
Chan at the Circus, The First 
Baby, Charlie Chan at the 
Race Track, Pepper, Love 
Flight, Ramona, Charlie Chan 
at the Opera, Under "Your 
Spell. 

1937: The Holy Terror, Char- 
lie Chan at the Olympics, An- 
gel's Holiday, Wild and 
Woolly. 



STOUT, GEORGE W. 

Producer 

1936: Tundra, Phantom of 

.Sante Fe, Dragnet. 

STROlMBERG, HUNT 
Producer 

1936 : Wife Versus Secretary, 
Rose Marie, Small Town Girl, 
The Great Ziegfeld, After the 
Thin Man. 

1937: Maytime, Night Must 
Fall. 

STRONG, EUGENE 

1936: Hopalong Cassidy Re- 
turns, Trail Dust. 
1937: Borderland, The Bar- 



THALBERG, IRVING G. 

(Deceased) 

1936: Romeo and Juliet. 
THOMPSON, HARLAN 

1936: Early to Bed, Wives 
Never Know, College Holiday. 
1937 : — Champagne Waltz. 

TOLNAY, AKOS 
Associate Producer. 
1936: Thunder in the City. 

VIDOR, KING 

1936: The Texas Rangers. 

WALLIS, HAL B. 

1936: The Charge of the Light 
Brigade, Gold Diggers of 1937, 
Stolen Holiday, God's Country 
and the Woman. 
1937: Marked Woman, Green 
Light, Call It a Day, The 
Prince and the Pauper, The Go 
Getter, Kid Gallahad, Slim, 
Ever Since Eve. The Life of 
Kmile Zola. Marry the Girl. 
Confession. 

WANGER, WALTER 
Producer 

1936: Her Master's Voice, 
The Trail of the Lonesome 
Pine, Palm Springs, Big 
Brown Eyes, The Moon's Our 
Home, Fatal Lady, The Case 
Against Mrs. Ames, Spend- 
thrift. 

1937 : You Only Live Once, 
History is Made at Night. 

273 



WEBB, HARRY S. 

Associate Producer 
1936: Sante Fe Bound, Pinto 
Rustlers, Roamin' Wild The 
Speed Reporter, Sante Fe 
Trail, Step On It, Ridin' On, 
Vengeance of Rannah, Am- 
mush Valley. 

WEINGARTEN, LAURENCB 
1936: The Unguarded Hour. 
His Brother's Wife, Libeled 
Lady. 

1937: The Last of Mrs. Chey- 
ney. 

WELSH, ROBERT E. 

1937: The Three Legionnaires. 

WHALE, JAMES 

1937: The Road Back. 

WICKLAND, J. LAURENCE 
1936: The Vigilantes are Com, 
ing, Robinson Crusoe of Clip- 
per Island, The Painted 
Stallion. 

WILSON, HAROLD 

1936 : Stowaway. 
WURTZEL, SOL M. 

Producer 

1936: Gentle Julia, The Song 
and Dance Man, Little Miss 
Nobody, The Country Beyond, 
Human Cargo, High Tension, 
Crime of Dr. Forbes, Star for 
a Night, 36 Hours to Kill, 
Thank You Jeeves, Ramona, 
15 Maiden Lane, Can This Be 
Dixie?, Career Woman. 
1937: Woman Wise, Think 
Fast Mr. Moto, That I May 
Live, Born Reckless, One Mile 
from Heaven. 
YOUNG, LON 
Supervisor 

1936: Ring Around the Moon, 
Tango, The Dark Hour, Bridge 
of Sighs, Little Red School- 
house, Brilliant Marriage, Aug- 
ust Week-End, Three of a 
Kind, Below the Deadline, 
Easy Money, Lady Luck, Bril- 
liant Marriage. 

ZANUCK, DARRYL F. 
Producer 

1936: The Country Doctor, 
The Prisoner of Shark Island, 
It Had to Happen, Captain 
January, A Message to Gar- 
cia, Under Two Flags, Half 
Angel, Sins of Man, The Road 
to Glory, Poor Little Rich 
Girl, Sing Baby Sing, To Mary 
— With Love, White Fang, 
Girl's Dormitory, White Hun- 
ter, One in a Million. 
1937: Love is News, Wake 
L"p and Live. Slave Ship. 

ZEIDMAN, B. F. 

1936: The White Legion, Sin» 
of the Children. 
1937: Girl Loves Boy, Sweet- 
heart of the Xavy. 

ZEISLER, ALFRED 

1937 : Romance and Riches. 
ZIMBALIST, SAM 

1936: Tarzan Escapes. 
1937: London by Night, Mar- 
ried Before Breakfast. 
ZOBEL, VICTOR 
Supervisor 

1936: The Harvester, Girl 
from Mandalay, Return of 
Jimmy Valentine, Ticket To 
Paradise, Mandarin Mystery. 



LC U 1 i ri N © 


Director 


"WILD MONEY" 


(PARAMOUNT) 


"THAT MAN'S HERE AGAIN" 


(WARNER BROS.) 


"BULLDOG DRUMMOND COMES BACK" 


(PARAMOUNT) 


"ROAD GANG" 


(WARNER BROS.) 


"THE BENGAL TIGER" 


(WARNER BROS.) 



LEIGH JASON 


Director 


"New Faces of 1937" 


"That Girl from Paris" 



N € IE IL Jf M II T in 

Director 

"THE LITTLE BUCKAROO" 

(which introduced the Song "Little Buckaroo") 

"California Mail" "Trailiii' Wost" 

"Guns of the Pecos" "Tlie King of Hockey" 

"Block That Kick" 



FRANK 


McDonald 




Director 




* 


"DANCE, CHARLIE, DANCE" 

"FLY AWAY BABY" 
"ADVENTUROUS BLONDE" 

(Warner Bros) 



274 



* DIRECTORS ^ 

• • • THEIR WORK ON FEATURES DURING 1936 AND THE 
FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 1937 



ARCHAINBAUD, GEORGE 

1936: Return of Sophie Lang. 

1937: Clarence. Hideaway Clirl. 

Hotel Haywire. 
ARZNER, DOROTHY 

1936: Craig's Wife. 
ATKINS, TOMMY 

1936: Hi Caucho. 
AUER, JOHN H. 

1937: A Man Betrayed, Cir- 
cus Ciirl, Rhythm in the 

Clouds. 
AYRES, LEW 

1936: Hearts in Bondage. 
BACON, LLOYD 

1936: Sons C Guns, Cain and 

Mabel, Gold Diggers of 1937. 

1937: Marked Woman. Ever 

Since Eve. 

BANKS, MONTY 

1936: No Limits, Keep Your 
Seats Please. 



BARKER. REGINALD 

1936: Forbidden Heaven. 

BARROWS, NICHOLAS 
1937: Dangerous Holiday. 

BARTON, CHARLES 

1936: Timothy's Quest, Ne- 
vada, And Sudden Death, Rose 
Bowl, Murder With Pictures. 
1937: The Crime Nobody Saw. 

BEAUMONT. HARRY 

1936: The Girl on the Front 

Page. 

1937: When's Your Birthday? 

BEEBE, FORD 
1936: Stampede. 

BENNETT, SPENCER G. 
1936: Heroes of the Range, 
Avenginar Waters, The Cattle 
Thief, The Unknown Ranger, 
The Fugitive Sheriff. 
1937: Law (it the Ranger. 

BERKELEY, BUSBY 
1936: Stage Struck. 
143 7 : The Co Getter. 

BIBERMAN, HERBERT 
1936: Meet Nero Wolfe. 

BLYSTONE, JOHN G. 

1936: Gentle Tulia. Little 
Miss Nobody, The Magnifi- 
cent Brute. Great Guy. 
1937: -3'i Hours Leave, 
Woman Chases Man. 

BOLESLAWSKI, RICHARD 
(Deceased) 

1936: The Three Godfathers. 
The Garden of Allah, Theo- 
dora Goes Wild. 
1937: The Last of Mrs. Chey- 
ney. 

BORZAGE, FRANK 

1936: Desire. Hearts Divided. 
1937: History is Made at 
.\ight. Green Light. 

BRADBURY, ROBERT N. 
1936: Sundown Saunders, The 
Last of the Warrens, Cavalry, 
Headin' for Rio Grande. 
1937: Truul)le in Texas. The 
Gun Ranger, The Trusted 
Oiitlaw. 



BRETHERTON, HOWARD 

1936: Call of the Prairie, The 
Leathernecks Have Landed, 
Girl from Mandalay, Three on 
the Trail, Heart of the West, 
Wild Brian Kent, King of the 
Royal Mounted, Secret Valley. 
1937: It Happened Out West. 

BROWER. OTTO 

1936: Sins of Man, Postal In- 
spector. 

BROWN. CLARENCE 

1936: Wife Versus Secretary, 
The Gorgeous Hussy. 

BROWN, KARL 

1936: The White Legion, In 

His Steps. 

1937: .Michael CHalloran. 

BROWNING. TOD 
1936: The Devil-Doll. 

BURTON. DAVID 

1936: Make Way for a Lady. 

BUTLER, DAVID 

1936: Captain January, White 
Fang, Pigskin Parade. 

BUZZELL. EDWARD 

1936: Three Married Men, The 
Luckiest Girl in the World. 
1937 : As Good as Married. 

CABANNE, CHRISTY 

1936: The Last Outlaw, We 
Who Are Ab-ut to Die. 
1437 : Outcasts of Poker Flats. 
Don't Tell the Wife. Criminal 
Lawyer, You Can't Beat Love, 
Annapolis Salute, The West- 
land Case. 

CAPRA, FRANK 

1936: Mr. Deeds Goes to 

Town. 

193 7 : Lost Horizon. 

CARROLL, ZELMA 

1937 : Lash (jf the Penitentes. 

CARRUTH, MILTON 

1936: Love Letters of a Star. 
1937 : Breezing Home, She's 
Dangerous, Man in Blue, Re- 
ported Missing. 

CHAPLIN, CHARLIE 
1936: Modern Times 

CLEMENS, WILLIAM 

1936: Man Hunt, The Law in 
Her Hands. Case of the Vel- 
vet Claws, Down the Stretch. 
Here Comes Carter ! 
193 7 : Once a Doctor. 

CLIFTON, ELMER 

1936: Pilot X, Gainbling with 
Snuls. Wildcat Trooper. 
1937: Death in the Air. Mile 
a Minute Love. 

CLINE, EDWARD F. 

1936: It's a Great Life. 

F-Man. 

1937: On Again-OfT Again. 

Forty Naughty Girls. High 

Flyei'-s. 

COLEMAN, C. C. 

1936: Legion of Terror. 

193 7 : Parole Racket. 

275 



COLLINS, ARTHUR G. 

1936: Nobody's Fool, Thank 

You Jeeves. 

193 7 : Paradise Isle. 



COLLINS, LEWIS D. 

1936: Return of Jimmy Val- 
entine. The Leavenworth 
Case, Doughnuts and Society, 
Down to the Sea, Timber 
Wolves. 

1937: The Mighty Treve, Fury 
and the Woman. The Wild- 
catter. River of Missing Men. 

CONNELLY, MARC 

1936 : The Green Pastures. 

CONNOLLY, BOBBY 

1937: Expensive Husbands. 



CONWAY, JACK 

1936: Libeled Lady. 



1937 



Saratt 



COKRIGAN, LLOYD 

1936: Dancing Pirate. 

1937 : Night Key. 
CROMWELL, JOHN 

1936: Little Lord Fauntleroy, 

To Mary — With Love, Banjo 

On My Knee. 

1937: Prisoner of Zenda. 
CRUZE, JAMES 

1936: Sutter's Gold. 
CUKOR, GEORGE 

1936: Romeo and Juliet, Ca- 

mille. 
CUMMINGS, EUGENE 

1936: The Crime Patrol. 
CUMMINGS, IRVING 

1936: Nobody's Fool, Poor 

Little Rich Girl, Girls' Dor- 
mitory, White Hunter. 

1937: Vogues of 1938. 
CURTIZ, MICHAEL 

1936: The Walking Dead, 

Stolen Holiday, The Charge 

of the Light Brigade. 

1937: Kid Galahad. Mountain 

Tustice. 
DAWN, NORMAN 

1936: Tundra. 

DEL RUTH, ROY 

1936: It Had to Happen, Pri- 
vate Nuinber. Horn to Dance. 
1937: On the Avenue, Broad- 
way Melody of 1938. 

DeMILLE. CECIL B. 

1936: The Plainsman. 
DIETERLE, WILLIAM 

1936: The White Angel, Sa- 
tan Met a Lady. 
1937: The Great O'Malley, 
Another Dawn, Life of Emile 
Zola. 



GORDON DOUGLAS 

Director 
OUR GANG COMEDIES 

(Hal Roach— M-G-M) 

''General Spanky" 

Co-Director 
(Hal Roach — M-G-M Feature) 



HAROLD BUCKLEY 



BETTY BURBRIDGE 

"PARADISE EXPRESS" 

(SCREENPLAY)* 

"COME ON COWBOYS" 

STARRING THE "3 MESQUITEERS" 
(ORIGINAL SCRcENPLAY) 

"PUBLIC COWBOY NUMBER ONE" 

STARRING GENE AUTRY 

(ADDITIONAL DIALOGUE) 

IN PREPARATION 

"TELEPHONE OPERATOR" 

(SCREENPLAY) 
MN COLLABORATION 



FELIX lACKSON 

Writer 
UNIVERSAL 



276 



DIRECTORS' WORK 



DOUGLAS, GORDON 

1936: General Spanky. 



DU PONT, E. A. 

1936 : Forgotten Faces, A Son 
Comes Home. 

1937: Night of Mystery, On 
Such a Night, Love on Toast. 



DWAN, ALLAN 

1936: Song and Dance Man, 

Human Cargo, High Tension, 

IS Maiden Lane. 

1937: Woman Wise. That I 

May Live, One Mile from 

Heaven. 

EASON, REEVES B. 

1936: Darkest Africa, Give 
Me Liberty, Don't Pull Your 
Punches, Land Beyond the 
Law. 

ELVEY, MAURICE 

1936 : Spy of Napoleon, Man 
in the Mirror, Widows Isl- 
and. 

ENGLISH, JACK 
1937: Arizona Davs. 

ENRIGHT. RAY 

1936: Snowed Under, Earth- 
worm Tractors, China Clipper, 
Sing Me a Love Song. 
1937: Readv Willing and Able, 
Slim. 

FARROW, JOHN V. 
1937 : Men in Exile. 

FEYDER, JACQUES 

1936 : La Kermesse Heroique. 
1937: Knight Without Armur. 

FITZMAURICE, GEORGE 
1936: Petticoat Fever, Suzy. 
1937: The Emperor's Candle- 
sticks. 

FLEMING. VICTOR 

1937: Captains Courageous. 

FLOOD, TAMES 

1936: Everybody's Old Man, 
We're Only Human. 
1937: Midnight Madonna. 
^Mountain ]\lusic, Scotland 
Yard Commands. 

FLOREY, ROBERT 

1936: The Preview Murder 
Mystery, 'Til We Meet Again, 
Hollywood Roulevard. 
1937: Outcast, King of (lam- 
biers. Mountain Music. 

FORD. JOHN 

1936: The Prisoner of Shark 
Island, Mary of Scotland, The 
Plough and the Stars. 
1937: Wee Willie Winkie. 

FORDE, EUGENE 

1936: The Country Beyond, 
36 Hours to Kill. 
1937: Step Lively Jeeves! 
Midnight Taxi. The Lady Es- 
capes. 

FOSTER, LEWIS R. 

1936: Love Letters of a Star. 
1937 : She's Dangerous, Ar- 
mored Car. 

FOSTER, NORMAN 

1936: I Cover Chinatown. 
1937: Fair Warning. Think 
Fast Mr. :\Ioto. 

FOX, WALLACE 

1936: Yellow Dust, The Last 
of the Mohicans. 
1937: Racing Lady. 



FRANKLIN, CHESTER M. 

1936: Tough Guy. 

FRANKLIN, SIDNEY A. 
193(1 : Three ^larried Men. 
1937: The Good Earth. 

FRASER, HARRY 

1936 : Hair-Trigger Casey, 
Feud of the West, The Rid- 
ing Avenger, Cavalcade of the 
West, Romance Rides the 
Range. 
1937: Aces WMld. 

FRENKE, EUGENE 
1937: Two Who Dared. 

FRIEDGEN, RAYMOND 
193 7 : Killers of the Sea. 

FRIEDLANDER, LOUIS 
1936: Parole! 

GARNETT, TAY 

1937: Love is News, Slave 
Ship. Stand-Tn. 

GASNIER, LOUIS J. 

1937: The Gold Racket, Bank 
Alarm. 

GERING. MARION 

1936: Lady of Secrets, Rose 
of the Rancho. 
1937: Thunder in the City. 
GOODWINS, LES 

1936: With Love and Kisses. 
1937: Headline Crasher, Any- 
thing for a Thrill. 

GOULDING, EDMUND 

1937: That Certain Woman. 

GREEN, ALFRED E. 

1936: Colleen. The Golden 
Arrow, They Met in a Taxi, 
Two in a Crowd, More Than 
a Secretary. 

1937: Let's Get Married. The 
League of Frightened Men. 

GRIFFITH, EDWARD H. 
1936: Next Time We Love, 
Ladies in Love. 
1937: Cafe Metropole. 

GRINDE. NICK 

1936: Jailbreak, Public En- 
emy's Wife. 

1937: Fugitive in the Sky. Tlic 
Captain's Kid. 

GRUNE, KARL 

1936: The Stars Look Down. 



GUIOL, FRED 



1936: Silly Billies, Mummy's 
Boys. 



HALE, ALAN 

1936 : Neighborhood House. 

HALE. REX 

1936: Racing Blood. 

HALL. ALEXANDER 

1936: Give Us This Night, 

Yours for the Asking. 

HALPERIN. VICTOR 

1936: I Conquer the Sea, Re- 
volt of the Zombies. 

HAMILTON. WILLIAM 

1936 : Murder on a Bridle 
Path, Bunker Bean. 



HATHAWAY, HENRY 

1936: The Trail of the Lone- 
some Pine, Go West Young 
Man. 
193 7 : Souls at Sea. 

HAWKS, HOWARD 

1936: The Road to Glory, 
Come and Get It. 

HECHT, BEN 

193,6: Soak the Rich. 

HEINZ, RUSSELL RAY 

1936: Just My Luck. 

HEISLER, STUART 

1936: Straight from the Shoul- 
der. 

HERMAN. ALBERT 

1936: Blazing Justice, Out- 
laws of the Range. 

HIGGIN. HOWARD 

1937 : Battle of Greed. 

HILL. ROBERT F. 

1936: Rio Grande Romance, 
The Rogues Tavern. Too 
Much Beef, Prison Shadows. 
Idaho Kid. West of Nevada. 
Kelly of the Secret Service. 
Men of the Plains, Put on the 
Spot. 

HILLYER. LAMBERT 

1936 : Dangerous Waters, The 

Invisible Ray, D r a c u 1 a's 

Daughter. 

1937: Girls Can Play. Speed 

to Spare. 

HOGAN. JAMES B. 

1936: Desert Gold. The Ari- 
zona Raiders, Stairs of Sand, 
The Accusing Finger. 
1937: Bulldog Drumm-md Es- 
capes. Arizona Mahonev, Last 
Train from Madrid, Ebb Tide. 

HOLMES. BEN 

1936: The Farmer in th' 
Dell. The Plot Thickens. 
1937: We're on the Jury, Too 
Manv Wives. There Goes Mv 
Girl." 

HOPTON, RUSSELL 

1936: Song of the Trail. 

HORNE, JAMES W. 

1936: The Bohemian Girl, 
Way Out West. 

HORNER, ROBERT J. 

1936: Innocence on the Man- 
hunt, Vice Bondage, Midnight 

Secrets. 

HOWARD. DAVID 

1936: O'Malley of the Mount- 
ed. The Mine With the Iron 
Door, The Border Patrol, 
Daniel Boone, Conflict. 

1937: Park Avenue Logger. 

HOWARD. WILLIAM K. 
1936: The Princess Comes 

Across. 

1937: Fire Over England. 



HUMBERSTONE, 
H. BRUCE 

1936: Charlie Chan at the 

Race Track, Charlie Chan at 

the Opera. 

1937: Charlie Chan at the 

Olympics. 



277 



FRANK STRAYER 

Directed 

THE JONES FAMILY 

in 

''HOT WATER'' 

"OFF TO THE RACES" 

''BIG BUSINESS'' 

for 

20th Century-Fox 




LAWRENCE n Ai E L E 

Completed 

"SUBMARINE D-l" 

(Screenplay)* Warner Bros. 
In Preparation 

"EVERYBODY WAS VERY NICE" 

(Screenplay)* Warner Bros. 
1936 

"ALL AMERICAN CHUMP" 

(Original and Screenplay) M-G-M 
In Collaboration UNDER CONTRACT TO WARNER BROS, 



If It's An 

Art Marcy 

JARRETT — ^ KLAUBER 

Script 

THEN IT'S A GOOD SCRIPT! 



Now Writing for Educational Pictures 
20lh Century-Fox 



278 



DIRECTORS' WORK 



HUTCHISON, CHARLES 

1936: Desert Guns, Night 
Careo, Born to Figlit. 
JAMES, ALAN 

1936: Swiftv. 



JASON, LEIGH 

1936 : Love On a Bet, The 
Bride Walks Out, That Girl 
from Paris. 
1937 : New Faces of 193;. 



JONES, BUCK 

1936: For the Service. 

KANE, JOSEPH 

1936: The Lawless Nineties, 
King of the Pecos. Darkest 
Africa, The Lonely Trail, 
Guns and Guitars. 
1937: Paradise Express, Ghost 
Town Gold, Git Along Little 
Dogies. Roundup Time in 
Texas. The Old Gorral, Come 
On Cowboys ! 

KEIGHLEY, WILLIAM 

1936: The Singing Kid. The 

Green Pastures. Bullets or 

Ballots, God's Country and 

the Woman. 

1937: The Prince and the 

Pauper. 

KENTON, ERLE C. 
1936: Devil's Squadron, Coun- 
terfeit, End of the Trail. 

1937: Devil's Playground, 
Racketeers in Exile. 

KILLY, EDWARD 

1936: Murder on a Bridle 

Path. Bunker Bean. Second 

Wife, The Big Game, Wanted 

— Jane Turner. 

1937: China Passage. The Big 

Shot. 



KING, HENRY 



1936: The Country Doctor, 
Ramona, Lloyds of London. 
1937: Seventh Heaven, In Old 
Chicago. 



KING, LOUIS 



1936: Road Gang, Song of the 
Saddle, Special Investigator, 
The Bengal Tiger. 
1937: Melody for Two, Draeg- 
erman Courage, That Man's 
Here Again. Wild Money. 
Bulldog Drummond Comes 
Back. 



KORDA, ALEXANDER 

1936: Rembrandt. 

KORDA, ZOLTAN 

1937: Elephant Hoy. Revolt in 
the Desert. 

KOSTER, HENRY 

1<*3 7 : Three Smart Girls. 

LA CAVA, GREGORY 
1936: My Man Godfrey. 



LACHMAN, HARRY 

1936: Charlie Chan at the 
Circus, Our Relations, The 
Man Who Lived Twice. 

LAMONT, CHARLES 

1936: Ring Around the 
Moon, Little Red School 
House, Below the Deadline, 
Synthetic Lady. Dove in An- 
tique, Lady Luck. Bulldog 
Edition, The Dark Hour, Au- 
gust \Veek-End. 

LANDERS, LEW 

1936: Without Orders, Night 

Waitress. 

1937: They Wanted to Marry. 

The Man Who Found Himself, 

Vou Can't I'.uv Luck. Border 

Cafe. 

LANFIELD, SIDNEY 

1936: Half Angel, Sing Baby 
Sing, One in a Million. 
193 7 : Wake Cp and Live. 

LANG. FRITZ 

1936; Fury. 

1937: You Only Live Once. 

LANG, WALTER 

1936: Love Before Breakfast. 

LAW, HAROLD 

1936: Neigliborhood House. 

LEDERMAN, D. ROSS 

1936: Hell-Ship Morgan, Pride 

of the Marines. Panic on tlie 

Air, The Final Hour, Alibi 

for Murder, Come Closer 

Folks. 

1937: Counterfeit Lady, I 

Promise to Pay. Motor Mad- 



LEE, ROWLAND V. 

1936: One Rainy Afternoon. 
1937: Love from a Stranger. 
Toast of New York. 



LEISEN, MITCHELL 

1936: 13 Hours by Air, Big 
Broadcast of 1937. 
1*^3 7: .Swing High — Swing 
Low. Easy Living. 

LEONARD, ROBERT Z. 

1936: The Great Ziegfeld, 

Piccadilly Jim. 

1937: Maytime. The Firefly. 

LE ROY, MERVYN 

1936: ^Vnthony Adverse, Three 
Men on a Horse. 
1937: The King and the Chor- 
us Girl, They Won't Forget. 

LITVAK, ANATOL 

1937: The Woman I Love. 

LLOYD, FRANK 

l'J3(>: I'nder Two Flags. 
1937: Maid of Salem. 

LORD, DEL 

1936: Trapped by Television. 

1''37: Wliat Price \'engcance. 

LOVERING. OTHO 

1936: Drift Fence. The Sky 
Parade, Border Flight. 

LUBIN, ARTHUR 

1936: The House of a Thou- 
sand Candles. Yellowstone. 
1937: Mysterious Crossing, 



California Straight Ahead, I 
Cover the War. 

LUBY, S. ROY 

1936: The Desert Phantom, 
Rugue of the Range. 
1937: Tough t<i Handle, reor- 
der Phantom. 



LUDWIG, EDWARD 

1936: Fatal Lady, Adventure 

in Manhattan. 

l'»3 7 ; Her Husband Lies. 



LYTELL, BERT 

1936: Along Came Love. 

MacARTHUR, CHARLES 

1936: Soak the Rich. 



MacFADDEN, 
HAMILTON 



1937: The Three Legion- 
naires, It Can't Last Forever, 
Sea Racketeer, Fools in Para- 
dise. 



McCAREY, LEO 

1936: The Milky Way. 
1937: Make Way for Tomor- 
row. 

McCAREY, RAY 

1936: Three Cheers for Love. 
1937: Let's Make a Million, 
Oh Doctor. Love in a Bunga- 
low. 

McCarthy, john p. 

1936: Song of the Gringo. 



McDonald, frank 

1936: The Murder of Dr. Har- 
rigan, Boulder Dam, Treachery 
Rides the Range, The Big 
Noi^e. Love Begins at Twen- 
ty, Murder by an Aristocrat, 
Isle of Fury, Smart Blonde. 
1937: Midnight Court. Her 
Husband's Secretary. Dance. 
Charlie Dance. Fly Away 
Baby. Murder Goes North, Ad- 
venturous Blende. 



McGANN, WILLIAM H. 

1936: Freshman Love, Brides 
Are Like That, Times Square 
Playboy, Two Against the 
World, Hot Money, Polo Joe, 
The Case of the Black Cat. 
1937: Pcnrod and Sam. Marrv 
the Girl. 

McGOWAN, ROBERT F. 

1936: Too Many Parents. 
Frontier Justice. 

McLEOD. NORMAN 

1936: Early to Bed, Pennies 
from Heaven, Mind Your 
Own Business. 

1V3 7 : Topper. 

MAMOULIAN, ROUBEN 
1936: The Gay Desperado. 
1937: High Wide and Hand- 
some 

MANDER, MILES 

1936: The Flying Doctor. 



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HERALD 




Story and Screenplay"' 
of 


"The 


LiFe 


of Emile Zola 


* In Collaboration 




Management: Myron Selznick and Co. 



MICHAEL FESSIER 

Producer 

Current Release 

"THE WOMEN MEN MARRY" 

SONG OF THE CITY* ALL AMERICAN CHUMP* WOMEN ARE TROUBLE* 

* Co-Produced with Lucien Hubbard 

Screenplays Include 

SOCIETY DOCTOR EXCLUSIVE STORY WOMEN ARE TROUBLE 

SONG OF THE CITY VmWl SPEED 

(Also Author) 




ARTHUR G. COLLINS 


Director 


"PARADISE ISLE" "NOBODY'S FOOL" 


(Monogram) (Universal) 


"WIDOW FROM MONTE CARLO" 


(Warner Bros.) 


"PERSONAL MAID'S SECRET" 


(Warner Bros.) 


COLLIER-WEBER-TODD, INC. aaou-y 



IRV S. BRECHER 

"NEW FACES OF 1937"* 
RKO-RADIO 



MERVYN LeROY 

In Collaboration 

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DIRECTORS' WORK 



MANSFIELD, DUNCAN 
1936 : Along Came Love. 
1937: Girl Loves Boy, Sweet- 
heart of the Navy. 

MARIN, EDWIN L. 

1936: Moonlight Murder. The 
Garden Murder Case, Speed, 
I'd Give My Life, Sworn En- 
emy, All American Chump, 
Man of the People. 
1937: Married Before Break- 
fast. 

MARSHALL, GEORGE 

1936 : A Message to Garcia, 
The Crime of Dr. Forbes, Can 
This Be Dixie? 
1937: Xancy Steele is Missing. 
Love Under Fire. 

MAY, JOE 

1937 : Confession. 



MAYO, ARCHIE 

1936: The Petrified Forest. I 
Married a Doctor, Give Me 
Your Heart, Black Legion. 
1937: Call It a Day, It's Love 
I'm After. 



MEINS, GUS 

1936: Kellv the Second. 
1937: Nobody's Baby, The Hit 
Parade, The Californians. 

MILESTONE. LEWIS 

1936: Anything Goes, The 
General Died at Dawn. 

MOHR, HAL 

1937 : When Love is Young. 
MOORE. VIN 

1936: The Dragnet. 

MURPHY, DUDLEY 

1936: Don't Gamble With 
Love. 

MURPHY, RALPH 

1936 : Collegiate, Florida Spe- 
cial. The Man I Marry. 
1937: Top cif the Town. 

NEILAN, MARSHALL 

1937: Sing While You're Able. 

NEILL, R. WILLIAM 

1936: The Lone Wolf Re- 
turns. 
NEUMANN, KURT 

1936 : Let's Sing Again, Rain- 
bow on the River. 
193 7 : Espionage. 

NEWFELD, SAM 

1936: Timber War, Federal 
Agent, Burning Gold, Border 
Caballero, Lightnin' Bill Car- 
son, Roarin' Guns, The Lion's 
Den, Ghost Patrol, Aces and 
Eights, Go Get 'Em Haines, 
The Traitor, Stormy Trails. 
1937: Melody of the Plains, 
Bar Z Bad Man. Roarin' 
Lead. Guns in the Dark, Gun 
Lords of Stirrup Basin. A 
Lawman is Born. 

NEWMEYER. FRED 

1936: General Spanky. 

NICHOLS, GEORGE, JR. 

1936: Chatterbox, The Wit- 
ness Chair, M'liss, The Big 
Game. 

1937 : The Soldier and the 
Lady. 



NIGH, WILLIAM 

1936: Penthouse Party, Don't 
Get Personal, Crash Donovan, 
North of Nome, Steel. 
1937: Bill Cracks Down. The 
Hoosier Schoolboy, The Right 
to Kill, Thirteenth Man, Ever 
Since Eve. 



NUGENT, ELLIOTT 

1936: And So They Were 
Married, Wives Never Know. 
1937: It's All Yours. 



PEMBROKE, SCOTT 

1936: The Oregon Trail. 
PETROFF, BORIS 

1936: Hats Off. 



PICHEL, IRVING 

1936 : Gentleman from Louisi- 
ana. 

1937: Larceny on the Air, Be- 
ware of Ladies. She Didn't 
Want a Sheik. 



POTTER, H. C. 

1936: Beloved Enemy. 

1937: Wings Over Honolulu. 



PREMINGER, OTTO 

1936: Under Your Spell. 
1937: Danger — Love at Work. 



RATOFF. GREGORY 

1936: Sins of Man. 

RAY. ALBERT 

1936 : Everyman's Law. 

1937: Lawless Land. 

RAY, BERNARD B. 

1936: Caryl of the Moun- 
tains, Millionaire Kid, Roamin' 
Wild, The Speed Reporter, Tha 
Test, Santa Fe Trail, Prince 
of Rustlers, Trigger Tom, Step 
On It, Riding On. The Riding 
Three, Sante Fe Bound, Pinto 
Rustlers, Riding On, Ven- 
geance of Rannah, Ambush 
Valley. 
REED, THEODOR 
1936: Lady Be Careful. 

REED, ROLAND 

1936: In Paris A. W. O. L. 
REINHARDT, JOHN 

1936: Captain Calamity. 



RIESNER, CHARLES F. 

1936: Evervh.MJv Dance. 
1937: Murder Goes to Col- 
lege, Sophie Lang Goes West, 
Partners in Crime. 



RISKIN, ROBERT 

19,1/ : When ^'"u're in Love. 
ROBERTS, STEPHEN 

(Deceased) 

1936: The Lady Consents, 

The Ex-Mrs. Bradford. 

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ROGELL. ALBERT 

1936: You May Be Next, 

Roaming Lady, Grand Jury. 
ROGERS. CHARLES 

1936: The Bohemian Girl. 
ROOT, WELLS 

1936: The Bold Caballero. 

ROSEN, PHIL 

1936: Tango, Bridge of Sighs, 
Three of a Kind, Easy Money, 
It Couldn't Have Happened, 
Missing Girls, The President's 
Mystery, Brilliant Marriage, 
Ellis Island. 

1937: Two Wise Maids, Jim 
Hanvey — Detective, It Could 
Happen to You. 

ROSSON, RICHARD 

1937 : Behind the Headlines. 

ROTH, MURRAY 
1936: Flving Hostess. 

RUBEN, J. WALTER 

1936: Trouble for Two, Old 

Hutch. 

1937; Good Old Soak. 

RUGGLES, WESLEY 

1936: Valiant is the Word for 
Carrie. 

1937: I Met Him in Paris. 

ST. CLAIR, MALCOLM 

1936: Crack-Up. 
1937: Time Out for Romance, 
Born Reckless. 
SALKOW, SIDNEY 

1937 : Four Days' Wonder. 
Girl Overboard. 

SANDRICH, MARK 

1936: Follow the Fleet, A 
Woman Rebels. 
1937: .Shall We Dance, The 
Joy of Living. 

SANTELL, ALFRED 

1936: Winterset. 
1937 : Internes Can't Take 
Money. 
SANTLEY, JOSEPH 

1936: Laughing Irish Eyes, 
Dancing Feet, Her Master's 
Voice, The Harvester, We 
Went to College. Walking on 
Air, Smartest Girl in Town. 
193 7 : Meet the Missus. 

SAVILLE, VICTOR 

1936: Ifs Love Again. Dark 
Tournev, Storm in a Teacup. 
1937: 'South Riding, Bicycle 
Made for Two. 

SCHERTZINGER, \AICTOR 

1936: The Music Goes 
'Round. 
SCHOEDSACK, ERNEST B. 

1937: Trouble in Morocco, 
Outlaws of the Orient. 
SCHUSTER, HAROLD 

1936: Wings of the Morning. 



SCOTT, EWING 



1937; Hollywood Cowboy, 
Park Avenue Logger, Wind- 
jammer. 



DIRECTORS' WORK 



SCOTTO, AUBREY H. 

1936: Palm Springs, Ticket to 
Paradise, Follow Your Heart, 
Happy Go Lucky. 
1937: Blazing Barriers, 

SEDGWICK. EDWARD 

1936: Mister Cinderella. 

1<'3 7: Pick a Star, Riding on 



SEILER, LEWIS 

1936: Here Conies Trouble, 
The First Baby, Star for a 
Night, Career Woman. 

1937: Turn Off the Moon. 



SEITER, WILLIAM A. 

1936: The Moon's Our Home, 
The Case Against Mrs. Ames, 
Dimples, Stowaway. 
1937: This is My Afifair, Life 
of the Party. 

SEITZ, GEORGE B. 

1936: Exclusive Story, Three 
Wise Guys, The Last of the 
Mohicans, Mad Holiday. 
1937: Under Cover of Night, 
The Thirtenth Chair, A Fam- 
ily Affair, Mama Steps Out, 
Between Two Women. 

SELANDER, LESLIE 

1936: Ride 'Em Cowboy, 
Empty Saddles, The Boss 
Rider of Gun Creek. 
1937: Sandflow, Smoke Tree 
Range, Black Aces, Left 
Handed Law, Cassidj' Rides 
Again. The Barrier. 

SELMAN, DAVID 

1936: Dangerous Intrigue, 
The Rogues Tavern, Shake- 
down, The Prescott Kid, Killer 
at Large, Tugboat Princess. 
1937: Find the Witness, The 
Cowboy Star. 

SEVILLA, RAFAEL 
1936: She-Devil Island. 

SHAMROY. FRANKLIN 
1936: Ambush Valley. 

SHEA, WILLIAM 

1936: Girl of the Ozarks. 

SHORES. LYNN 

1936: The Glory Trail, Re- 
bellion. Million to One. 
1937 : Woman in Distress, The 
Shadow Strikes. 

SMITH, NOEL 

1936: Trailin' West, King of 
Hockey. 

1937: Little Buckaroo, Califor- 
nia Mail. Guns of the Pecos. 
Block That Kick. 

STAHL, JOHN M. 

1937; Parnell. 

STAUB, RALPH 

1936: Sitting on the Moon, 
Country Gentlemen. 
1937: Join the Marines, Navy 
Blues. The INIandarin Mystery, 
Affairs of Cappv Ricks. 

STEVENS, GEORGE 

1936 : Swing Time. 

1937 : Quality Street. 



STOLOFF, BEN 

1936: Two in the Dark, Don't 

Turn 'Em Loose. 

193 7 : .Sea Devils, Super Sleuth. 
STONE, ANDREW L. 

1937: The Girl Said No. 
STONE, PHIL 

1937 : Damaged Goods. 

STRAYER, FRANK 

1936: Murder at Glen Athol, 

Hitch Hike to Heaven, Sea 

Spoilers. 

1937: Off to the Races, 

Laughing at Trouble. Big 

Business, Hot Water. 



STUMAR, JOHN 

1937: The King's Peo)>le. 
SUTHERLAND, EDWARD 

1936: Poppy. 

193 7: Champagne Waltz. 
TAGGART, ERROL 

1936: Women Are Trouble, 

The Longest Night, Sinner 

Take All. 

193 7 : Song of the City. 

TAUROG, NORMAN 

1936: Strike Me Pink, Rhythm 
on the Range, Reunion. 
1937 : Fifty Roads to Town, 
You Can't Have Everything. 

TAYLOR, RAY 

1936: Sunset of Power, The 
Cowboy and the Kid, The 
Three Mesquiteers. 
1937: Drums of Destiny. 

THIELE. WILLIAM 

1936 : The Jungle Princess. 
1937: London by Night. 

THORPE, RICHARD 

1936: The Voice of Bugle 
Ann, Tarzan Escapes. 
1937 : Danger<^us Number, 
Night Must Fall. 

TINLING, JAMES 

1936 : Every Saturday Night, 
Educating Father, Champagne 
Charlie, Pepper, Back to Na- 
ture. 

1937: The Holy Terror, An- 
gel's Holiday, Sing and Be 
Happy, The Great Hospital 
Mystery. 

TRYON. GLENN 

1936 : Two in Revolt, Easy to 
Take. 

TUTTLE. FRANK 

1936: College Holiday. 

1<537: Waikiki Wedding. 

VAN DYKE. WILLIAM S. 

1936: Rose Marie, San Fran- 
cisco, His Brother's Wife, The 
Devil is a Sissy, Love on the 
Run, After the Thin Man. 

1937 : Personal Property. They 
Gave Him n Gun. 

VARNELL, MARCEL 

1936: The DuBarry, I Give 
My Heart, Public Nuisance 
N'o. 1, No Monkey Business, 
All In. 

VIDOR, CHARLES 

1936: Muss 'Em Up. 

1937: A Doctor's Diary, The 

Great Gambini. 



VIDOR, KING 

1936 : The Texas Rangers. 
193 7 : Stella Dallas. 

VIGNOLA, ROBERT G. 

1937: Girl from Scotland 
Yard. 

von STERNBERG, JOSEF 
1936: The King Steps Out. 

WALLACE, RICHARD 
1936: Wedding Present. 
1937: John Meade's Woman. 

WALSH, RAOUL 

1936 : Klondike Annie, Big 
Brown Eyes, Spendthrift. 
1937: You're in the Army 
Now, When Thief Meets Thief, 
Artists and Models. 

WATT. NATE 

1936: Navy Born, Hopalong 
Cassidy Returns, Trail Dust. 
1937: Borderland. Hills of Old 
Wyoming. North of Rio 
Grande, Rustler's Valley, Car- 
nival Queen. 

WELLMAN, WILLIAM 

1936: Small Town Girl, Robin 
Hood of El Dorado. 
1937: A Star is Born. 

WERKER, ALFRED L. 

1937: We Have Our Mo- 
ments, Wild and Woolly. 

WHALE, JAMES 

1936: Showboat. 
1937: The Road Back. 



WILBUR, CRANE 

1936: Yellow Cargo, We're 

in the Legion Now, Devil on 

Horseback. 

1937: Navy Spy, The Man 

Without a Country. 



WILES, GORDON 

1936: Charlie Chan's Secret, 
Blackmailer, Two-Fisted Gen- 
tleman, Lady from Nowhere. 
1937 : Women of Glamour, Ve- 
nus Makes Trouble. 

WILLAT, IRVIN V. 

1937: Old Louisiana, South of 
.Sonora. 

WILLIAMS, LESTER 
1936: Desert Justice. 

WOOD, SAM 

1936: Whipsaw, The Un- 
guarded Hour. 
1937: A Day at the Races. 

WRIGHT, MACK V, 

1936: Comin' 'Round the 
Mountain, The Singing Cow- 
boy, Winds of the Wasteland. 
1937: Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm, 
Roarin' Lead. The Big Show, 
Riders of the Whistling Skull, 
Range Defenders. 

WYLER. WILLIAM 

1936: These Three, Dodsworth, 
Come and Get It. 
1937: Dead End. 

YOUNG. HAROLD M. 

1936: Woman Trap, My 

American Wife. 

1937: Let Them Live! S2nd 

Street. 

ZEISLER, ALFRED 

1937: Romance and Riches. 



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• DIRECTORS • 



• • • A NEW^ DEPARTMENT SHOWING THEIR WORK DURING 
THE PAST EIGHTEEN MONTHS 



BEEBE, FORD 

Serials: Secret Agent X-9, 

Ace Drummond, Jungle Jim. 

BLACK, PRESTON 

Fibbin' Fibbers, Love Comes 
to Moneyville, Pain in the 
Pullman, Mr. Smarty, Dis- 
order in the Court, Half Shot 
Shooters, Ants in the Pantry, 
Super Snoopers, Stuck in the 
Sticks, Grips, Grunts and 
Groans, Am I Having Fun!, 
Slippery Silks. 

BLAKE, BEN K. 

Hostage for a Son, The 
Tragic Anniversary, Children 
of Gossip, Stealing a Tomb- 
stone, The Family Quarrel, 
Am I a Murderer?, Mad 
Money, Football Marriage, 
The Wedding Deal, Human 
Mileage, The Trail of the 
Southern Pine, Tea Profits, If 
I Could Sing Again, The 
Runaway Marriage. 

BOASBERG, AL 

Wholesailing Along, Listen to 
Freezin', Down the Ribber, 
Upper Cutlets. 

BOYLE, JOSEPH 
Airhoppers. 

BRAUNSTEIN, NATHAN CY 
Cannibals Once, Castillian 
Memoirs, Celestial \'enice. 
Death's Hostelry, Fairest 
Eden. Garden Granary, Ghosts 
of Empire, Haunts of Ro- 
mance, Honeymoon Heaven, 
Isle of Isolation, Japanese 
Rome, in Maoirland, Oriental 
Metropolis, Raffles 'n' Rub- 
ber. Southern Crossways, Sun- 
ny Splendor, Temple of Heav- 
en, City of David. 

BRUCE, ROBERT C. 

Lovers, Paradise, Western 
Sketches, In Old Wyoming, 
Trees. 

BUCQUET, HAROLD S. 

Torture Money, Little Roy 
Blue. 

CAHN, EDWARD 

Servant of the People, The 
Perfect Set Up, Behind the 
Headlines. 



CHRISTIE, AL 



.Mixe.l Pc.licies, Thanks Mr. 
Cupid. Beware of Blondes, 
Giv'im Air, Gold Bricks, Tri- 
ple Trouble, Fresh from the 
Fleet. Home on the Range, 
Happy Heels. Boy Oh Boy, 
Parked in Paree, Whose Baby 
Are You?, The Chemist, 



-Spring is Here, Any Old 
Port, Amuse Yourself, High- 
C Honeymoon, Hold It, Fun's 
Fun, Off the Horses, Ready 
to Serve, Comic Artist's Home 
Life, Melody Girl, Pink Lem- 
onade, Gifts in Rhythm, Girls 
Ahoy, Love in Arms. 

CLEMENS, WILLIAM 
The .Sunday Roundup. 

CLIFTON, ELMER 

Serial : Custer's Last Stand. 

CLINE, EDDIE 
Love in September. 

CONNOLLY, BOBBY 

A Day at Santa Anita, The 
Little Pioneer, Changing the 
Guard, The Littlest Diplomat, 
Zulu Land, Romance Road. 



DICKASON, DEANE H. 
Cannibals Once, Castillian 
Memoirs, Celestial Venice, 
Death's Hostelry, Fairest 
Eden, Garden Granary, Ghosts 
of Empire, Haunts of Ro- 
mance, Honeymoon Heaven, 
Isle of Isolation, Japanese 
Rome, In Maoirland, Oriental 
Metropolis, Raffles 'n' Rub- 
ber, Southern Crossways, Sun- 
ny Splendor, Temple of Heav- 
en, City of David. 



DOUGLAS, GORDON 

Pay as You Exit, Spooky 
Hooky, Reunion in Rhythm, 
Glove Taps, Three Smart 
Boys, Hearts Are Trumps, 
Rushin' Ballet, Bored of Edu- 
cation. 



EASON, B. REEVES 

Serials : Darkest Africa, Un- 
dersea Kingdom ; Short : Give 
Me Liberty. 

EDWARDS, HARRY J. 
The Brain Busters. 

ERLANGER, ALENE 

riie Chtspeake Bay Retriever. 

FEIST, FELIX E. 

How to Vote, Hollywood 
Extra, How to be a Detec- 
tive. Hollywood Second Step. 
Every Sunda}', Romance of 
Digestion, Golf Mistakes. 

FORD, CHARLES E. 

You Can't Get Away With 



It, King Edward the VIII, 

Stranger Than Fiction Series, 

Going Places Series. 
FRANK, EARL 

i'.ar-Rac's Xight Out. 
FRELINGHUYSEN, T. 

The Chesapeake Bay Retriever. 



FRENCH, LLOYD 

Tlie Choke's On You, Can't 
Think of It, The Blonde 
Bomber, A Horse's Tale, Kick 
Me Again, Mail and Female, 
Taking the Count, Thirst Aid, 
David Mendoza and Orches- 
tra, An Ounce of Invention, 
Nut Guilty, Medium Well 
Done, Check Your Cash, 
Double Talk, Palm Beach 
Knights, The Lyin' Tamer. 



GOODWINS, LESLIE 

Deep South, Bad Housekeep- 
ing, Who's Looney Now, 
Camp Meetin', Swing' It, 
Dummy Ache, High ' Bear 
Pressure, V^ocalizing, Radio 
Barred, Framing Father, A 
Wedtime Story, Dumb's the 
Word, The Wrong Romance, 
That Man Sampson, Locks 
and Bonds, One Love Ghost, 
Grandma's Buoys, Hillbilly 
Goat. 

GOULDING, ALF 

Aladdin from Manhattan. 

GRAHAM, WALTER 

Just Plain Folks, The White 
Hope. It Happened All Right, 
Peaceful Relations, Just the 
Type, Freshies, His Pest Girl, 
Play Girls. 

GRINDE, NICK 

Under Southern Stars. 

HALL, ROBERT 

Sleepless Hollow, Rail Birds, 
Bashful Buddies, Strike ! — 
You're Out, See LTncle Sol, 
Diamonds in the Rough. 

HATHAWAY, HENRY 
Lest We Forget. 

HENABERY, JOSEPH 

Rush Hour Rhapsody, The 
Backyard Broadcast, The 
Pretty Pretender, Swing for 
Sale. Play Street, Movie- 
Mania, The Rhythm Roundup, 
Cut Out for Love. DuBarry 
Did All Right, Clyde Lucas 
and Orchestra, Leon Navara 
and Orchestra, Clyde McCoy 
and Orchestra, Jimmie Lunce- 



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ford and Orchestra, Swanee 
Cruise, Special Arrangements. 
Jam Session, The Rimac Or- 
chestra, Jack Denny and Or- 
chestra, Lennie Hayton and 
Orchestra, Poets of the Or- 
gan, Ghost to Ghost Hook-Up, 
Bed-Time Vaudeville. 

HOLMES, BEN 

Sleepy Time, Melody in May. 

HOPPER, E. MASON 
Lest We Forget. 

JAMES, ALAN 

Serial : Dick Tracy. 

KAHN, RICHARD C. 
Gold-Quest of the Ages. 

KANE, JOSEPH 

Serials: Darkest Africa, Un- 
dersea Kingdom. 

KANE, RAYMOND 

Where is Wall Street, Blue 
Blazes, Gags and Girls, Mixed 
Magic, Man To Man. 

LAMONT, CHARLES 

New News, Sailor Maid, Knee 
Action, Oh Duchess, Three 
on a Limb, Grand Slam Opera, 
Jail Bait, Ditto, Love Nest 
on Wheels, Community Sing 
No. 3. 

LAW, HAROLD 

Life Hesitates at 40, Count 
Takes the Count, Vamp Till 
Ready, On the Wrong Trek, 
Neighborhood House. 

LAWRENCE, EDWARD 
Important News. 

LE BORG, REGINALD 

A Girl's Best Year's, No 
Place Like Home, Swing 
Banditry. 

LEE, SAMMY 

Some Time Soon. New Shoes. 

LEMAN, JOHN M. 
Who's Ho-No. 1. 

LORD, DEL 

Caught in the Act, Share the 
Wealth, Midnight Blunders, 
Movie Maniacs, Unrelated Re- 
lations, Dizzy Doctors, Pep- 
pery Salt, Just Speeding, Ay 
Tank Ay Go, Free Rent, 
Three Dumb Clucks. False 
Alarms, Whoops I'm an In- 
dian. 
McGOWAN, ROBERT 
Divot Diggers. 

MACK, ROY 

Flowers from the Skv. Sav 
It With Candy, Sheik to 
Sheik, Sweethearts and Flow- 
ers, That's Pictures, Here 
Comes the Circus, It's All 
Over Now, Hotel a la Swing, 
The Lifers of the Party, 
Sound Defects, A Musical Op- 
eration. Newsboy's Nocturne, 
Harry Reser and Orchestra, 
Emil Coleman and Orchestra. 
George Hall and Orchestra, 
Roger Wolfe Kahn and Or- 
chestra. He De Ho. Jacques 
Frey and Orchestra. Eliseo 
Grenet and Orchestra. Home 
Run on the Keys. 
MAYER, HY 

Skits "n' Sketches. 



MEINS, GUS 

Two Too Young, Second 
Childhood. 

MILLER, DAVID 

Dare Deviltry, Let's Dance, 
Aquatic Artistry. Racing Can- 
ines, Tennis Tactics, Penny 
Wisdom, Dexterity, Gilding 
the Lily, Hurling. 

MILLER, PALMER 

Street of Memories, LTnder 
the Southern Cross, Beneath 
Coral Seas, Dream Harbor, 
Maorick Melody Isle. Mystery 
Island, Port of Memories, 
Inspiration of Old Love 
Songs, Isle of June, Gate- 
way to the North. Eskimo 
Isle, Fishermen of the North. 

NAGEL, CURTIS 

Street of Memories, LTnder 
the Southern Cross, Beneath 
Coral Seas, Dream Harbor, 
Maoir, Melody Isle, Mystery 
Island, Port of Memories, In- 
spiration of Old Love Songs. 
Isle of June, Gateway to the 
North, Eskimo Isle, Fisher- 
men of the North. 

NEUFELD, S. 

You Can Be Had. 

NEWMAN, ALBERT 

.Serials : The Clutching Hand. 
The Black Coin. 

NEWMAN, KURT 
\'iolets in Spring. 

NEWMEYER, FRED 

v\rbor Dav. Pinch Singer. 

ORNITZ, ARTHUR 
Wanted a Master. 

PARROTT, CHARLES 

Life Hesitates at 4U, Count 
Takes the Count, Vamp Till 
Ready, On the Wrong Trek, 
Neighborhood House. 

POOLE, LEONARD 
Herald of the Skies. 

RIPLEY, ARTHUR 

How to Behave, Gasoloons, 
W^ill Power. 

ROBERTS, CHARLES E. 
Bridal Griefs. 

ROTH, MURRAY 

Dancing on the Ceiling. 



ROWLAND, ROY 

Cinema Circus, Hollywood 
Party, Sun-Kissed Stars at 
Palm Beach, Song of Revolt, 
How to Start the Dav Right. 



SCHWALD, BEN 

Fit to Win. Castle Towns of 
Ranee. Old Paris and Lerne. 
Belgium. Ice Cut-ups. Stop. 
Look and Guess. Thrill Witli 
Daredevils, Speed Mad. Golf- 
ing Rhythm, Sport Magic, 
Touring the Sport World. 
Little Champs. Disputed De- 
cisions, Football Flashes. Hold 
'em Cowboy, Skiing is Believ- 
ing, Plane Devils, Fishing 
Thrills, Scrambled Legs. Fleet 
Hoofs. Fun in the Water. 
SCHWARZWALD, MILTON 
Carnival Time. Signing Off. 

284 



Playing for Fun, The Vaud- 
O-Mat, Marine Follies, Teddy 
Bergman's International Re- 
vue, Flippen's Frolics, Gus 
Van's Garden Party, Musical 
Airways, Fun in a Firehouse, 
Royal Cafe, School for Swing. 
Television Highlights, Fun 
Begins at Home, It's on the 
Record, The Cocktail Party, 
Bargain Matinee, Shoes With 
Rhythm, The Singing Bandit, 
Alpine Cabaret. 

SHERMAN, JOSEPH 

Bars and .Stripes, Little Maes- 
tro. Annie Laurie. 

SIDNEY, GEORGE 
Polo. 

SMI-TH, CLIFF 

.Serials : Adventures of Frank 
Merriwell. Ace Drummond, 
Jungle Tim. Secret Agent X-9. 

SPARLING, GORDON 
Crystal Ballet. 

STEPHANI, FREDERICK 
Serial : Flash Gordon. 

TAGGART, ERROL 
The Public Pavs. 

TAYLOR, RAY 

Serials : The Phantom Rider. 
Dick Tracy, Robinson Crusoe 
of Clipper Island, The Vigi- 
lantes Are Coming, Roaring 
West. Flash Gordon. 

TERHUNE. WILLIAM 
At Sea Shore. 

THORPE, RICHARD 
Lest We Forget. 

TOURNEUR, JACQUES 

What Do You Think?, Jon- 
ker Diamond, Killer Dog, 
Harnessed Rhythm. Mastei 
Will Shakespeare, The Grand 
Bounce. 

TOWNLEY, JACK 
Camera Cranks. 

VON FRITSCH, GUNTHER 
Wanted a Master. 



WATSON, WILLIAM 

Practically Perfect, Dental 
Follies. Rah! Rah! Rhythm. 
The Wacky Family, Modern 
Home, The Screen Test, 
Transatlantic Love, The Big 
Courtship, Pixilated, Hi-Ya 
Doc?, Holding the Bag, 
Spooks, Alpine Rendezvous. 
The Queen's Birthday, The 
Ring Goes 'Round, Going Na- 
tive, Krazi Inventions. 



WEATHERELL, M. A. 

Robinson Crusoe. 
WHITE, SAM 

The Champ's a Chump. 
WILBUR, CRANE 

Romance of Robert Burns. 
WRIGHT MACK V- 

Serials : The Vigilantes Are 

Coming. Robinson Crusoe of 

Clipper Island. 
YARBROUGH, JEAN V7. 

Singing in the Air. Don't Be 

Like That. Rh>thm on the 

Rampage, Lalapaloosa. Inlaw- 

ful. Horse Play, All Business. 

Fight is Right. So and Dew. 

Bad Medicine. Dog Flight. 

And So to Wed. 



^ AUTHORS ^ 

• • THEIR WORK ON FEATURES DURING 1936 AND THE 
FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 1937 



ABBOTT, ANTHONY 

1936: The President's Mys- 
tery. 

ABBOTT, GEORGE 

1936 : Three Men on a Horse. 

ADAMS, EUSTACE L. 
1936: Down to the Sea. 

ADAMS, FRANK R. 

1937: Outcast, Circus Girl. 

ADAMS, SAMUEL HOPKINS 
1936: The Gorgeous Hussy, 
The President's Mystery. 

ADAMSON, EWART 

1936: The Walking Dead. In 
Paris A. W. O. L., Below 
the Deadline, Easy Money. 

ADDINGTON, SARAH 

1936: And So They Were 
Married. 

ADE, GEORGE 

1936: Freshman Love. 

ADLER, FELIX 

1936: Way Out West. 

AHEARN, THOMAS 

1937: Let's Make a Million, 
Behind the Headlines. The Big 
Shot, Behind the Mike, Let's 
Be Candid. 

ALLEN, HERVEY 

1936: Anthony Adverse. 
ALTEMUS, HENRY 

1936: The Man Who Lived 

Twice. 
ANDERSON, FREDERICK L 

1936: The Return of Sophie 

Lanar. 
ANDERSON, MAXWELL 

1936: Mary of Scotland, Win- 

terset. 
ANDREWS, JACK 

1937: Born Reckless. 
ANTHONY, JOSEPH 

1937: A Doctor's Diary. 
ANTHONY, STUART 

1936: Burning Gold. 
ARLEN, MICHAEL 

1936: The Golden Arrow. 

ARLISS, LESLIE 

1936: Windbag the Sailor. 
Where There's a Will. Every- 
body Dance. 

1937: Rob Roy, Command 
Performance. 

ARMSTRONG, PAUL, JR. 

1936 : The Return of Jimmy 

Valentine. 
ATKINS, TOMMY 

1936: Hi Gaucho. 
AUERBACH, GEORGE 

1936: His Brother's Wife. 
BABB, MAURINE 

1936: Girl of the Ozarks. 
BACHMAN, LARRY 

1936: Speed. 

1937: They Wanted to Mar- 

rv. 
BACHRACH, JACQUES 

193fi: Give Us This Night. 
BAKER, GENE 

1937: Ever Since Eve. 



BAKER, GRAHAM 

1937: History is Made at 

Night, You Only Live Once. 
BALDERSTON, JOHN L. 

1936: Beloved Enemy. 
BALDWIN, FAITH 

1936: Love Before Breakfast, 

Wife Versus Secretary, The 

Moon's Our Home, August 

Week-End. 
BALFE, WILLIAM 

1936: The Bohemian Girl. 
BALLARD, FRED 

1937; When's Your Birthday? 
BALLARD, JOHN F. 

1937 : We're on the Jury. 
BANKSON, RUSSELL A. 

1936: Feud of the West. 
BARRIE, SIR JAMES M. 

1937: Quality Street. 
BARRINGER, BARRY 

1936: Federal Agent. 
BARTLETT, CY 

1936: Under Your Spell. 
BEAUMONT, GERALD 

1936: Pride of the Marines. 

1937: The Great O'Malley. 
BECK, GEORGE 

1937: There Goes My Girl. 
BELDEN, CHARLES S. 

1936: God's Country and the 

Woman, Cafe Metropole. 

1937: We Have Our Moments. 
BENEFIELD, BARRY 

1936: Valiant is the Word for 

Carrie. 



BENNETT, CHARLES 

1936: The Man Who Knev 
Too Much, The Clairvoyant. 
1937: Shadow of the Wing. 



BENNISON, ANDREW 

1937: Lawless Land. 
BERKE, WILLIAM 

1936 : Timberesque. 
BERNSTEIN, ISADORE 

1936: For the Service, Tug- 
boat Princess. 
BIRINSKI, LEO 

1936: The Gay Desperado. 
BLAKE, CHARLES E. 

1936: The Country Doctor. 
BOHEM, DAVID 

1937: Midnight Madonna. 
BOHEM, ENDRE 

1936: Happy Go Lucky. 

1937: Two Wise Maids. 
BOND, RAY 

1937: Rhvthm in the Clouds. 
BOOTH, CHARLES G. 

1936: The General Died at 

Dawn. 
BOURBON. DIANA 

1936 : Roaming Lady. 
BOXER, HERMAN 

1937: California .Straight A- 

head. 
BRACKETT, CHARLES 

1936: Woman Trap. 
BRADBURY. ROBERT N. 

1936: Sundown Saunders, The 

Last of the Warrens, Cavalry. 
BRADSHAW, GEORGE 

1937: New Faces of 1937. 



BRANCH, HOUSTON 

1936: North of Nome. 
BRAND, MAX 

1937: Internes Can't Take 

Money. 
BRANDE, DOROTHEA 

1937: Wake Up and Live. 

BREN, J. ROBERT 

1936: High Tension. 

1937 : Broadway Co-ed, Black 
Lightning, Racing Lady, 
Crash. 

BRENNAN, FREDERICK H. 

1936: Little Miss Nobody. 
BRENTANO, LOWELL 

1937: The Crime Nobody Saw. 
BRESLOW, LOU 

1936: Charlie Chan at the 

Race Track. 

1937: The Holy Terror, Sing 

and be Happy. 

BRICE, MONTE 



1937: 
1938. 



Merry-Go-Round of 



BRICKER, GEORGE 

1936: The Law in Her Hands, 
King of Hockey. 

1937: Fugitive in the Sky, Ink 
Gets in the Blood, Broadway 
Buckaroo, Sour Mountain. 

BRIEUX. EUGENE 

1937: Damaged Goods. 
BRIGHT, JOHN 

1936 : Here Comes Trouble, 

Girl of the Ozarks. 

1937: John Meade's Woman. 
BRODIE, JULIAN 

1936: Love on the Run. 
BROWN, KARL 

1936: The White Legion. 

1937: Girl Loves Boy, Join 

the Marines. 
BROWN, ROLAND 

1936: The Devil is a Sissy. 
BRYAN, JAY J. 

1936: Fast Bullets. 
BUCHMAN, HAROLD 

1936: D'on't Gamble With 

Love. 

1937: Shall We Dance. 
BUCHMAN, SIDNEY 

1936: The Music Goes 

'Round. 
BUCK, PEARL S. 

1937: The Good Earth. 

BUCKLEY, HAROLD 

1936 : Legionnaire. 

1937: Guns of the Pecos. On 

to California, Eye of the 

Needle. 



BUFFINGTON, ADELE 

1937: They Didn't Want 
Love, The Shiek Steps Out. 



285 



AUTHORS' WORK 



BURBRIDGE, BETTY 



193; 



Cone On Cowboys! 



BURGER, PAUL 

1936: IS Maiden Lane. 

1937: Charlie Chan at the 

Olympics. 
BURGESS, GELETT 

1936: Two in the Dark. 
BURNET, DANA 

1936 : Follow Your Heart. 
BURNETT, FRANCES H. 

1936: Little Lord Fauntleroy. 
BURNETT, W. R. 

1936: 36 Hours to Kill. 
BURNS, WALTER NOBLE 

1936: Robin Hood of El Do- 
rado. 
BURTT, ROBERT M. 

1936: The Sky Parade. 
BUSCH, NIVEN 

1936; Dance. Fool, Dance. 

1937 : In Old Chicago. 

BUS-FEKETE, 
LADISLAUS 

1936: Ladies in Love. 

1937: Tobacco Shop, Ferike, 

Jean, Cape of Good Hope. 

BUSH, KATHERINE 

1936: Lady of Secrets. 
BUSHNELL, ADELYN 

1937 : Laughing at Trouble. 
BUTLER, FRANK 

1937: Waikiki Wedding, 
CAMPBELL, E. MURRAY 

1936: The Last Outlaw. 
CAMPBELL, REGINALD 

1936: Girl from Mandalay. 
CARB, DAVID 

1936: Chatterbox. 
CARR, A. H. Z. 

1937: Let's Get Married. 
CARROLL. RICHARD 

1936: 1 Ccinquer the Sea. 
CARSON, ROBERT 

1937: A Star is Born. 
CARY, LUCIAN 

1936: Straight from the Shoul- 
der. 
CASPARY, VERA 

1937 : Easy Living. 
CAVEN, TAYLOR 

1937: China Passage. 
CENDRARS, BLAISE 

1936: Sutter's Gold. 
CHAMBERS, WHITMAN 

1936: Sinner Take All. 
CHANSLOR, MARJORIE 

1936: The Girl on the Front 

Page. 

CHANSLOR, ROY 

1936: Bengal Tiger, The Girl 
on the Front Page. 
1937: Men in E.xile. Wine Wo- 
men and .Song, Public Wed- 
ding. 

CHAPLIN, CHARLIE 

1936: Modern Times. 
CHASE. BORDEN 

1937: Midnight Taxi. 
CHILD, RICHARD W. 

1936: Forgotten Faces. 
CHODOROV, JERRY 

1936: The Gentleman from 

Louisiana. 



CHURCH, BLANCHE 

1936: Millionaire Kid. 
CLAUSEN, CARL 

1936: Killer at Large. 
CLORK, HARRY 

1936: The Milky Way. 
COCKRELL, FRANCIS M. 

1936: Walking on Air. 
COE, CHARLES FRANCIS 

1937: Xancy Steele is Miss- 
ing. 
COHAN, GEORGE M. 

1936: Song and Dance Man, 

Times Square Playboy. 
COHEN, ALBERT J. 

1936: Moonlight Murder. 
COHEN, BENNETT 

1936 : Border Patrolman, Am- 
bush Valley. 

1937: Melody of the Plains. 
COHEN. OCTAVUS ROY 

1936: They Met in a Taxi. 

1937: Jim Hanvey — Detective. 
COLDEWAY, ANTHONY 

193 7 : Guns of the Pecos, Drae- 

ge; man Courage. 
COMANDINI, ADELE 

193(1 : Three Smart Girls. 
CONDON, CHARLES 

1936: The Three Mesquiteers. 

1937: Sing While You're Able. 
CONNELL, RICHARD 

1936: F-Man. 
CONNELLY, MARC 

1936: The Green Pastures. 
CONNOLLY, MYLES 

1936: Palm Springs. 
CONNORS, BARRY 

1936: Brides Are Like That. 
COOPER, J. FENIMORE 

1936: The Last of the Mo- 
hicans. 
COWEN, WILLIAM JOYCE 

1937: They Gave Him a Gun. 
COX, MORGAN 

1937: Bill Cracks Down. 
COXE, GEORGE H. 

1936: Women Are Trouble, 

Murder With Pictures. 
CRAM, MILDRED 

1936: The Last Outlaw. 

1937: Wings Over Honolulu. 
CROUSE, RUSSELL 

1936: Anything Goes. 
CURTIS, ALICE F. 

1937: The Man Who Found 

Himself. 
CURWOOD, JAMES OLIVER 

1936: Timber War, Song of 

the Trail, The Country Be- 
yond, Caryl of the Mountains, 

Wildcat Trooper. 
DALRYMPLE, LEONA 

1937 : Dangerous Number. 
DARLING, W. SCOTT 

1936: The Return of Jimmy 

Valentine. 
DAUGHERTY, FRANK 

1937: Once a Doctor. 
DAVIS, ALFRED 

1936: 'Til We Meet Again. 
DAVIS, ELMER 

1936: My American Wife. 
DAWN, NORMAN 

1936: Tundra. 
DAWSON, CONINGSBY 

1937: Girl from Scotland Yard. 
DAZEY, FRANK MITCHELL 

1936: Klondike Annie. 13 

Hours by Air, N'obody's Fool. 
DECSEY, ERNST 

1936: The King Steps Out. 

286 



DE LAMATER, ELEANOR 

1937: Big P.usiness. 
DE MONO, ALBERT 

1937 : Two Can Play. 
DeSYLVA, B. G. 

1936: Born to Dance. 
DE WOLF KAREN 

1936: Doughnuts and Society, 

Ride Ranger Ride. 

1937: Dangerous Holiday. 
DILLON, ROBERT 

1936: Parole! 
DODD, LEE WILSON 

1936: Bunker Bean. 
DONAHUE, JACK 

1936: Sons O' Guns. 
DONNELLY, DOROTHY 

1936: Poppy. 
DOUGLAS, LLOYD 

193 7 : Green Light. 
DOWELL, GEORGE 

1936: Klondike Annie. 
DRAKE, OLIVER 

1936: Comin' 'Round the 

Mountain. 

1937: Riders of the Whistling 

Skull. 
DUFF, WARREN 

1936: Stolen Holiday. 
DUFFY, J. A. 

1936: The Cattle Thief. 

1937: Law of the Ranger. 
DUGAN. THOMAS 

1937: Pick a Star. 
DUMAS, ALEXANDER, JR. 

1936: Camille. 
DUNNE, FINLEY P., JR. 

1936: We Went to College. 

1937 : Breezing Home. 
DUNNE, PHILIP 

1937: Breezing Home. 
DURLAM, ARTHUR 

1936: Lightnin' Bill Carson, 

Aces and Eights. 
EARL, KENNETH 

1936: Love on a Bet. 
EBERHART, MIGNON G. 

1936 : Murder of Dr. Harri- 

gan. Murder by an Aristocrat. 
EDEN, ROB 

1936: Dancing Feet. 
EGGLESTON, EDWARD 

1937 : The Hnosier Schoolbo3'. 
ELKINS, SAUL 

1936: The Crime of Dr. 

Forbes, Charlie Chan at the 

Race Track. 
ELLIS, ROBERT 

1936: Hitch Hike to Heaven, 

Back to Nature. 

1937: OiT to the Races. 
ELSTON, ALLAN V. 

1937: Paradise Express, Para- 
dise Isle. 
EMMETT. ROBERT 

1936: The Oregon Trail, Men 

of the Plains, Song of the 

Gringo, 
ENGEL, SAMUEL G. 

1936: Stowaway. 
ENGLISH, RICHARD 

1936: Bulldog Edition. 

1937: Larceny on the Air. Too 

Many Wives. 
ERSKiNE, JOHN 

1936: The President's Mystery. 
FAIRLIE, GERARD 

1936: Bulldog Drummond 

Again. 

1937: Bulldog Drummond Es- 
capes. 
FAULKNER, WILLIAM 

1937: Slave Ship. 



AUTHORS' WORK 



FELTON, EARL 

1936: Man Hunt, Freshman 

Love, The Bengal Tiger, The 

Gang's All Here, Fun To Be 

Foolish. 

1937: The Captain's Kid, The 

Campus INIystery. 



FENTON, FRANKLYN 

1937: Angel's Holiday, Wom- 
an Chases Man, Wild and 
Woolly. 

FERBER, EDNA 

1936: Showboat, Come and 
Get It. 

FERGUSON, RON 
193 7 : Big Business. 



FESSIER, MICHAEL 

1937: Song of the City. 



FIELD, JULIAN 

1936: Sitting on the Moon. 
7IELDS, JOSEPH A. 

1936: The Walking Dead. 
FINKEL, ABEM 

1936: Road Gang. 

1937: Marked Woman. 
FINN, JONATHAN 

1936: Jailbreak. 
FITZSIMMONS, CORTLAND 

1936: The Longest Night. 
FLAVIN, MARTIN 

1936 : Love Begins at Twenty. 
FLICK, PAT C. 

1937 : Nobody's Baby. 
FLOURNOY, RICHARD 

1936: General Spanky. 

1937: Pick a Star. 
FODOR, LADISLAUS 

1936: The Unguarded Hour, 

Girl's Dormitory. 
FORT, GARRETT 

1936 : Dracula's Daughter. 
FOSTER. LEWIS E. 

1936 : Two in a Crowd, My 
Blue Heaven, Too Young to 
Die. 

FOWLER, GENE 
1936: Career Woman. 

FOX. ELSIE 

1937: Last Train from Madrid. 

FOX, JOHN, JR. 

1936: The Trail of the Lone- 
some Pine. 

FOX,_ PAUL HARVEY 

1937 : Last Train from Madrid. 
FRANCIS, OWEN 

1936: The Magnificent Brute. 

1937: Bill Cracks Down. 
FRANK. BRUNO 

1936: Sutter's Gold. 
FRANKLIN, EDGAR 

1936: Evervbndv's Old Man. 
FRANKLIN, PAUL 

1936: Secret Valley. 
FREEMAN. LEE 

193 7 : Lazy River. 
FULLER, SAM 

1936: Hats Ofif. 
GALLICO. PAUL 

1936: Wedding Present. 

193 7 : Wild Monev. 
GAMET. KENNETH 

1937: Midnight Court. 
GARDNER. ERLE STANLEY 

1936: Special Investigator, The 

Case of the Velvet Claws, 

Case of the Black Cat. 



GARNETT, TAY 

1937: Love is News. 

GARRETT, OLIVER H. P. 
1937: Her Husband Lies. 

GARTH, DAVID 

1937: Hideaway Girl. 

GATZERT, NATE 

1936: Heroes of the Range. 
Avenging Waters, The Un- 
known Ranger, The Fugitive 
Sheriff. 



GAY, FRANK 



King of the Sierras. 



GELSEY, ERWIN 

1936 : Swing Time, Big Broad- 
cast of 1937. 

GIBSON, TOM 

1936: The Singing Cowboy, 

Romance Rides the Range. 
GILL, THOMAS 

1937: Border Cafe. 
GLASMON. KUBEC 

1936: Parole! 
GLUCK, SINCLAIR 

1936: The Dark Hour. 
GOODMAN, JACK 

1937 : Meet the Missus. 
GOODRICH, JOHN 

1936: Crack-Up. 
GORDON. HpMER KING 

1937 : The Gun Ranger. 
GORMAN, HERBERT 

1936: Suzy. 
GOULD, BRUCE 

1936: Reunion. 



GOULDING, EDMUND 

1937 : That Certain Woman. 



GRACE, RICHARD V. 

1936: Devil's Squadron. 

GRAHAM, GARRETT 

1937: Sweetheart of the Navy. 

GRAHAM, JO 

1936: Country Gentlemen. 

GRANET, BERT 

1936: The Gentleman from 
Louisiana. 

GRANT, JAMES EDWARD 
1936: Grand Jury, The Ex- 
Mrs. Bradford, Muss 'Em Up, 
Great Guy. 

GREEN, ALAN 

1936: Love on the Run. 

GREENE, WARD 

1937: They Won't Forget. 

GREY. ZANE 

1936: Desert Gold, Drift 
Fence, Nevada, Arizona Raid- 
ers, King of the Royal Mounted, 
End of the Trail. 
1937: Arizona Mahonev. 

GRIFFIN, ELEANORE 

1936 : Diamond Rush. 

1937 : When Love is Young, 
Love in a Bungalow. 

GRINSTED. J. E. 

1936 : Sunset of Power. 
GROPPER, MILTON H. 

1937 : Women of Glamour. 
GRUEN, JAMES 

1936: The Leathernecks Have 

Landed. 
GUEDEL. JOHN 

1936: General Spanky. 
GUIOL. FRED 

1936: Silly Billies. 



HACKETT, WALTER 

1937: Espionage. 
HAIGHT, GEORGE 

1936: Gold Diggers of 1937. 
HAINES, WILLIAM 

WISTER 

1937: Slim. 
HALL, ALLEN 

1936: Desert Justice. 
HALL, NORMAN S. 

1936: Border Caballero. 
HALPERIN, VICTOR 

1936 : Revolt of the Zombies. 
HAMILTON, HARRY 

1936: I Cover Chinatown, 

Banjo On My Knee. 
HAMMERSTEIN, OSCAR. II 

1936: Rose Marie. 
HAMMETT. DASHIELL 

1936: Satan Met a Lady, 

After the Thin Man. 
HARBACH. OTTO 

1936: Rose Marie. 
HARRINGTON, MILDRED 

1937: Turn Ofif the Moon. 
HART, WILLIAM S. 

1936: O'M alley of the 

Mounted. 
HARTE, BRET 

1936: M'liss. 

1937: Outcasts of Poker Flat. 
HARTMAN, DON 

1937: Waikiki Wedding. 



HARTMANN, 
EDMUND L. 

1936: Wanted — Jane Turner, 
Don't Get Personal, The Big 
Noise. 



HARVEY, JACK 

1936: Country Gentlemen. 

HARWOOD, H. M. 

1937: Personal Property. 

HATCH, ERIC 

1936 : My Man Godfrey, Spend- 
thrift. 

HECHT, BEN 

1936: Soak the Rich. 

HELLMAN, LILLIAN 
1936: These Three. 



HERALD, HEINZ 

1937: The Life of Emile Zola. 



HELTAI, EUGENE 

1937: The Lady Escapes. 



HERCZEG, GEZA 

1937: The Life of Emile Zola. 



HICHENS, ROBERT 

1936: The Garden of Allah. 
HIGGIN, HOWARD 

1936: Invisible Ray, Revolt of 

the Zombies. 

1937: The Gold Racket. 
HILL. ETHEL 

1936 : More Than a Secretary. 

1937: When You're in Love. 
HILTON, JAMES 

1937: Lost Horizon. 
HOBART. VERA 

1936: Ring Around the Moon. 
HODGES. DOUGLAS 

1936: Invisible Ray. 



287 



AUTHORS' WORK 



HOLLAND, GEORGE 

1937: Don't Tell the Wife. 
HOLM, GUSTAV 

1936: The King Steps Out. 
HOLM, JOHN CECIL 

1936: Three Men on a Horse. 
HOPE, EDWARD 

1937: Marrv the (".irl. 

HOPKINS, Arthur 

1937: Swing High-Swing Low. 
HOPKINS, ROBERT 

1936: San Francisco. 
193 7 : Saratoga. 



HORMAN, ARTHUR 

1936: Bridge of Sighs, Three 

of a Kind, It Couldn't Have 

Happened. 

1937: Ellis Island, It Couldn't 

Have Happened. 



HOUSER, LIONEL 

193 7 : I I'romise to Pay. 
HOUSER, MERVIN J. 

1936: Rhythm on the Range. 
HOUSTON, NORMAN 

1936: High Tension, Caval- 
cade of the West. 
HUBBARD, ELBERT 

1936: A Message to Garcia. 
HUGHES, RUPERT 

1936: It Had to Happen, The 

President's Mystery. 
HURST, VIDA 

1936: Tango. 
HUTCHINSON. BRUCE 

1937: Park Avinue Logger. 
HYLAND, FRANCES 

1936: The Crime of Dr. 

Forbes. 

1937: Step Lively Jeeves! 
JACCARD, JACQUES 

1936: Desert Guns. 



JACKSON, FELIX 

1937: Beauty and Brains, 
Three Smart Girls Go To 
Town. 



JACKSON, FREDERICK 

1937: The tJreat Gamliini. 
JACKSON, HELEN H. 

1936 : Ramona. 
JACOBS, W. W. 

1936: Our Relations. 
JACOBS, WILLIAM 

1936: Song of the Saddle. 

Treachery Rides the Range, 

Hot Money. 
JACOBY, M. 

1936: Here Comes Carter I 
JAMISON, MRS. C. V. 

1936: Rainbow on the River. 
JARRETT, DAN 

1936: Let's Sing Again, Bor- 
der Patrolman. 

1937 : Hollywood Cowboy. 
JAY, GRIFFIN 

1937: Bank Alarm. 
JEFFERSON, L. V. 

1936: The Lion's Den. 
JESSE, F. TENNYSON 

1936: Half Angel. 
JEVNE, JACK 

1936: Mister Cinderella, Way 

Out West. 
JOHNSON, EARL 

1936: Two in Revolt. 
JOHNSTON, AGNES C. 

1936: Nobody's Fool. 



JONES, ARTHUR VERNON 

193 7 : Pick a Star. 
JONES, BUCK 

1936 : The Cowboy and the 

Kid, Ride 'Em Cowboy. 
JOPE-SLADE, CHRISTINE 

1936: Forbidden Heaven. 
JORDAN, ANNE 

1936: The Luckiest Girl in the 

World. 
JORDAN, ELIZABETH 

193(>; Make Way fur a Lady. 
JOSEPH, EDMUND 

1936: Hats Off. 
JOSEPHSON, MATTHEW 

1937: Toast of Mew York. 
KAHN, GORDON 

1937 : Navy Blues. 
KANDEL, ABEN 

1936 : Come Closer Folks, More 
Than a Secretary. 

KANTOR, MacKINLAY 

1936: The Voice of Bugle 

Ann. 

1937: Mountain Music. 
KAVANAUGH, KATHARINE 

1936: Every Saturday Night, 

Educating Father. 
KELLAND, CLARENCE B. 

1936: Strike Me Pink, Mr. 

Deeds Goes to Town, Florida 

Special. 
KELLOGG, VIRGINIA 

1936: Stolen Holiday. 
KELLY, GEORGE 

1936: Craig's Wife. 
KELLY, MARK 

1936: Pigskin Parade, One in 

a Million. 
KENDIS, J. D. 

1936: Gambling With Souls. 
KENYON, CURTIS 

1936 : Lloyds of London. 

1937: Wake Up and Live. 
KESSEL, JOSEPH 

1937 : The Woman I Love. 



KIMBLE, LAWRENCE 

1936: All American Chump. 



KING, BRADLEY 

1937 : Maid of Salem. 
KING, RUFUS 

1936: Love Letters of a Star. 
KINKEAD, CLEVES 

1936: Private Number. 
KIPLING, RUDYARD 

1937: Captains Courageous, 

Wee Willie Winkie. 
KNIGHT, TRACY 

1936: Darkest Africa. 
KOBER, ARTHUR 

1936: Big Broadcast of 1937. 
KOHN, BEN GRAUMAN 

1936: Lady from Nowhere, 

Man Must Live, Love Rolls 

Along. 
KOULBOURNE, WAYNE 

1936: Easy ttf, Take. 
KRAFT, H. S. 

1936: Smartest Girl in Town. 

1937: Champagne W'altz. 
KRASNA. NORMAN 

1936: Fury. 

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1937: The King and the Chor- 
us (;irl, As Good as Married. 

KRIMS, MILTON 
1936: Speed. 

KRUMGOLD, JOSEPH 

1936: Adventure in Manhat- 
tan. 

KUMMER, CLARE 

1936: Her Master's Voice. 
KYNE, PETER B. 

1936: The Three Godfathers, 
The Last Assignment, Born to 
Fight, Rio Grande Romance, 
Secret Patrol, Racing Blood, 
Kelly of the Secret Service, 
Without Orders, Put on the 
Spot, Stampede. 
1937: Headline Chaser, The 
Go Getter. Tough to Handle, 
Affairs of Cappy Ricks, Any- 
thing for a Thrill. 
KYSON, CHARLES 
1936: West of Nevada. 



LAIDLAW, BETTY 

1937: Too Tough to Handle, 
Rhythm Racketeer, Death in 
the Dressing Room, The White 
Rider, The Mother, Bandit 
King. 



LAKE, ARTHUR 

1936: It's a Great Life. 

LAMSON, DAVID 

1936: We Who Are About to 
Die. 



LANDAU, LESLIE L 

1936: Dark World. 



LARKIN, JOHN FRANCIS 
1936: Mind Your Own Busi- 
ness. 

LAW, HAROLD 

1936: Neighborhood House. 
1937: Nobody's Baby. 

LAWRENCE, JOSEPHINE 
1937: Make Way for Tomor- 
row. 

LEARY, HELEN 

1937: Make Way for Tomor- 
row. 

LEARY, NOLAN 

1937: Make Way for Tomor- 
row. 

LEE, MARGARET 
1937: Ever Since Eve. 

LEHMAN, PAUL EVAN 
1936: Idaho Kid. 

LENNON, THOMAS 

1936: Silly Billies, Grand Jury. 

LEVERING, JOSEPH 

1937: Law of the Ranger. 



LEVIEN, SONYA 



1930: The Country Doctor. 



LEW, DAVID S. 

1937 : Bank Alarm. 
LEWIS, SINCLAIR 

1936 : I Married a Doctor, 

Dodsworth. 



AUTHORS' WORK 



LINDSAY. HOWARD 

1936: Anything Goes. 



LIPMAN, WILLIAM R. 

1936: Yours for the Asking, 
Love is News. 



LIPPINCOTT, NORMAN 

1936: Murder at Glen Athol. 
LITTLEFIELD, LUCIEN 
1936: Early to Bed. 



LIVELY, ROBERT 

1937: Too Tough to Handle. 
Rhythm Racketeer, Death in 
the Dressing Room, The White 
Rider, The Mother, Bandit 
King. 



LLOYD, ROLLO 

1936: Revolt of the Zombies. 
LOEB, LEE 

1936: Don't Gamble With 

Love, Watch Your Step. 

1937: Shall We Dance. 
LOGAN, HELEN 

1936: Hitch Hike to Heaven, 

Here Comes Trouble, Charlie 

Chan at the Race Track, Back 

to Nature. 

1937: Off to the Races. 
LONDON, JACK 

1936: White Fang, Conflict. 
LONSDALE, FREDERICK 

1937: The Last of Mrs. Chey- 

ney. 
LOOS, ANITA 

1937: Mama Steps Out, Sara- 
toga. 
LORD, ROBERT 

1936: The Singing Kid. Col- 
leen, Stage Struck, Black 

Legion. 
LOWE, EDWARD J. 

1936: Educating Father. 
LOWE. SHERMAN 

1936: Night Cargo, Trapped 

by Television, With Love and 

Kisses. 
LOWENSTEIN, STANLEY 

1937: Sing While You're Able. 
MacARTHUR, CHARLES 

1936: Soak the Rich. 
MacDONALD, PHILIP 

1936 : Princess Comes Across. 
MacDONALD, WALLACE 

1936: Doughnuts and Society, 

Hearts in Bondage. 
MacDONALD, WILLIAM 

COLT 

1936: Too Much Beef. 

193 7 : Roarin' Lead. 
MacISAACS, FRED 

1937: Mysterinus Crossing. 
McCALL, MARY, JR. 

1937: I Promise to Pay. 
McCAREY, RAY 

1936: Three Cheers for Love. 

McCarthy, john p. 

1936: Song of the Gringo. 

McCarthy, mary 

1936: Theodora Goes Wild. 



McCONVILLE, BERNARD 

1936: King of the Pecos, The 
Lonely Trail. 

1937: Death in the Air. Ghost 
Town Gold, The Old Corral, 
Riders of the Whistling Skull, 
I Cover the War. 

McCOY, HORACE 
1936: Postal Inspector. 

McCULLEY. JOHNSTON 

1937: Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm, 
The Trusted Outlaw. 

McGOWAN, DORRELL 

1936: Lady Luck, Sea Spoil- 
ers, Guns and Guitars, The 
Singing Cowboy. 
1937: A Man Betrayed, Git 
Along Little Dogies, The Big 
Show. 

McGOWAN, JACK 
1936: Born to Dance. 

McGOWAN, STUART E. 
1936: Lady Luck, Sea Spoil- 
ers, Guns and Guitars, Red 
River Valley, The Singing 
Cowboy. 

1937: A Man Betrayed, Git 
Along Little Dogies, The Big 
Show. 

McGUIRE, WILLIAM A. 

1936: The Great Ziegfeld. 
McNEILE, H. C. 

1937: Bulldog Drummond. 

Escapes. 
MACAULEY, RICHARD 

1937: Ready Willing and Able, 

Melody for Two, Riding on 

Air. 
MACK, WILLARD 

1936: The Dragnet, I'd Give 

My Life. 
MAIBAUM, RICHARD 

1936: Gold Diggers of 1937. 
MALLORY, JAY 

1936: Give Me Your Heart. 
MANN, E. B. 

1936: Desert Phantom, Stormy 

Trails, Boss Rider of Gun 

Creek. 

1937: Guns in the Dark. 
MANNING, BRUCE 

1936: Roaming Lady. 
MARGIN, MAX 

1936: The Jungle Princess. 
MARISCHKA, ERNST 

1936: The King Steps Out. 
MARISCHKA. HUBERT 

1936: The King Steps Out. 
MARKEY, GENE 

1936: White Hunter, Love in 

Exile, The Big Noise. 
MARKSON, BEN 

1937: Sing And Be Happy. 
MARQUAND. J. P. 

1937: Think Fast Mr. Moto. 
MARQUIS, DON 

193 7 : The Old Soak. 
MARSHALL, GEORGE 

1936: Can This Be Dixie? 
MARTIN, AL 

1936: Trapped by Television, 

With Love and Kisses. 
MARX, GROUCHO 

1937; The King and the Chor- 
us Girl. 
MASON, BERNICE 

1936: Under Your Spell. 

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MAUGHAM, W. SOMERSET 

1936: Isle of Fury. 
MEINARDI, HELEN 

1937: 1 Met Ilim in Paris. 
MENCE, GEORGE 

1937: Rhythm in the Clouds. 
MEREDYTH, BESS 

1936: Charlie Chan at the 

Opera. 
MERRITT, ABRAHAM 

1936: The Devil-Doll. 
MILHAUSER, BERTRAM 

1937: Under Cover of Night. 
MILLER, ALICE DUER 

1936: Collegiate. 
MILLER, SETON I. 

1936: Bullets or Ballots. 
MILNE, A. A. 

1937: Four Days' Wonder. 

MILNE, PETER 

1936: God's Country and the 
Woman. 



MOONEY, MARTIN 

1936: Exclusive Story. Bullets 

or Ballots, Missing Girls, High 

Gear. 

1937: You Can't Buy Luck. 

MOORE, KATHERINE L. 
1936: Pennies from Heaven. 

MOORE, OLGA 

1937: You Can't Beat Love. 

MOORE, WILFRED G. 
1936: The Sky Parade. 

MORGAN, MARION 
1936: Klondike Annie. 

MORRIS, KAY 
1936: Parole! 

MULFORD, CLARENCE E. 
1936: Call of the Prairie, 
Three on the Trail, Hop- 
along Cassidy Returns, Trail 
Dust. 

1937: Borderland, Hills of Old 
Wyoming, North of Rio 
Grande, Rustler's Valley. 

MURFIN, JANE 

1936: That Girl from Paris. 

MYTON, FRED 

1936: Border Phantom. 

NATTEFORD, JOHN F. 
1936: Millionaire Kid. 

NEBEL. LOUIS F. 

1937: Fifty Roads to Town. 

NEVILLE, JOHN T. 

1936: The Glory Trail, Re- 
bellion, The Traitor. 
1937: Old Louisiana. 

NEWSOM, J. D. 

1937: Traul)le in Morocco. 

NICHOLSON, KENYON 
1937 : Lady Be Careful. 

NICHOLSON, MEREDITH 
1936: The House of a Thou- 
sand Candles. 

NOBEL, FREDERICK 
1936: Smart Blonde. 

O'CASEY, SEAN 

1936: The Plough and the 
Stars. 

O'DONNELL, JOSEPH 

1936: Ghost Patrol, Roarin' 
Guns. 



AUTHORS' WORK 



OLMSTEAD, EDWIN 

1937: Woman in Distress. 
OLMSTEAD, HARRY F. 

1937: Gun Lords of Stirrup 

Basin, -:V Lawman is Born. 
OLSEN, JAMES P. 

1937: Bar Z I5a(i Man. 
O'NEILL, GEORGE 

1936: Yellow Dust. 
OPPENHEIM, E. PHILLIPS 

1937: Romance and Riches. 
OPPENHEIMER, GEORGE 

1936: We Went to College. 

ORCZY, BARONESS 

1937: The Emperor's Candle- 
sticks. 

ORNITZ, SAMUEL 

1936: Two Wise Maids. 

193 7 : A Doctor's Diary. 

ORR, GERTRUDE 

1936 : Forgotten Women, Cir- 
cus Queen. 

OSBORNE, HUBERT 
1936: Follow the Fleet. 

OUIDA 

1936: Under Two Flags. 

OURSLER, FULTON 
1936: Second Wife. 

PALMER, STUART 

1936 : Murder on a Bridle 
Path. The Plot Thickens. 



PARROTT, CHARLES 

1936: Neighborhood House. 
PARROTT, JAMES 

1936: Way Out West. 
PARROTT, URSULA 

1936: Next Time We Love, 

Brilliant Marriage. 
PARSONS, LINDSLEY 

1936: Headin' for Rio Grande. 
PATRICK, JOHN 

1936: Educating Father. 

1937: The Holy Terror, Sing 

And Be Happy. 
PAYNE, STEPHEN 

1936: Swifty. 
PEMBROKE, SCOTT 

1936: The Lawless Nineties. 
PEREZ, PAUL 

1936: The Little Red School 

House, Easy Money. 

1937: Once a Doctor, Paradise 

Express. 
PHILLIPS, ARTHUR 

1936: Yellowstone. 
PIERCE, WILLIAM 

1937: Night Kev, Armored 

Car. 
PINCHON, EDGCUMB 

1936: Daniel Boone. 

PIROSH, ROBERT 

1937: A Day at the Races. 

POHLE, LAWRENCE 

1937: Let's Make a Million, 
The Big Shot. 



POLAND, JOSEPH 

1936: The Lawless Nineties, 
Winds of the Wasteland. 

PORTER, GENE STRATTON 
1936: The Harvester. 

PRASKINS, LEONARD 

1936: One in a Million. 
PRESNELL, ROBERT 
1936 : Postal Inspector. 

PRESSBURGER 

1936: One Rainy Afternoon. 

PUJAL, RENE 

1936 : One Rainy Afternoon. 

QUEEN, ELLERY 

1937: The ("rime Nobody Saw, 
The Mandarin Mystery. 

RAISON, MILTON 

1936: Country Gentlemen. 

RAMEAU, HANS 

1937 : Confession. 

RANKIN, WILLIAM 

1936: Counterfeit, Pennies 
from Heaven. 

1937: Time Out for Romance, 
Love in a Bungalow. 

RATHMELL, JOHN 

1936: Darkest Africa. 
RATOFF, GREGORY 

1936: Sins of Man. 

1937 : Cafe Metropole. 
REED, MARK 

1936 : Petticoat Fever. 



GEORGE BRICKER 

SCREEN PLAYS 

— 1937 — 
'Don't Pull Your Punches" "Shh! The Octopus!' 

'Circulation War" "Melody For Two" 

"Ink Gets In the Blood" (a novel) 



Stage Play 

'Sour Mountain' 



MARGUERITE ROBERTS 



Screenplays 

Latest Release 



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AUTHORS' WORK 



REEVES, THEODORE 

1936: Dangerous Waters, So- 
ciety Doctor. 



REMARQUE. ERICH MARIA 

I'l.w: Tlie Road Hack. 
RENALDO, DUNCAN 

19.1": Mile a Minute Love. 
REYHER, FERDINAND 

1936 : You May Be Next, Don't 

Turn 'Em Loose. 
RICE, ALBERT 

1937: Meet the Missus. 
RICHARDS, LAURA E. 

1936: Captain January. 
RIGBY, GORDON 

1936: Two Years Before the 

Mast. 



RILEY, LAWRENCE 

1936 : Go West Young Man. 



RINEHART. MARY 
ROBERTS 

1937: 23 ■ 2 Hours Leave. 
RISTER, CLAUDE 

1936: The Prescott Kid. 



RIVKIN, ALLEN 

1936: Champagne Charlie. 
1937: This is My Affair. 



ROBINSON, CHARLES 

1936: Lady Be Careful. 
ROCHE, ARTHUR S. 

1936: The Case Against Mrs. 

Ames. 
RODGERS, SARAH 

ELIZABETH 

1937 : Ciirl Overboard. 
RODNEY, COL. GEORGE B. 

1936 : Frontier Justice. 
ROGERS, BOGART 

1936: 13 Hnurs by Air. 
ROGERS, CHARLES 

1936: Way Out West. 
ROGERS, HOWARD 

EMMET 

1936: The Bride Walks Out. 
ROGERS, SHERMAN 

1936: It's a Great Life. 
ROGGER, LOUIS L. 

19316: Princess Comes Across. 
ROOT, LYNN 

1936: The Milky Way. 

1937 : Woman Chases Man. 

Angel's llolichiv. Wild and 

W._...lly. 
ROPES, BRADFORD 

1937: The Hit Parade. 
ROSSEN, ROBERT 

1937: Marked Woman. 
ROTH, JOSEPH 

1936: Sins of Man. 
ROTH, MURRAY 

1937: She's Dangerous. 

ROUVEROL, AURANIA 
1937: .\ Family Affair. 

ROWAN, ANDREW S. 
1936: Message to Garcia. 



ROYAL, CHARLES P. 

1936: Western Courage, Val- 
ley of the Lawless. 
RUNYON, DAMON 

1936: Three Wise Guys. 

1937 : Racing Lady. 
RUSKIN, HARRY 

1937: Married Before Break- 
fast. 
RUTHVEN, MADELEINE 

1936: And Sudden Death. 
RYAN, BEN 

1937: She's Dangerous. 
RYAN, DON 

1937: Midnight Court. 
RYERSON, FLORENCE 

1936: Tough Guy. 
ST. CLAIR, ROBERT 

1936: Doughnuts and Society. 
SALE, RICHARD 

1937: Find the Witness. 
SAMUELS, HENRI 

1936: Speed Reporter. 
SANTLEY, JOSEPH 

1936: Mad Holiday. 
SAUBER, HARRY 

1936: Sing Me a Love Song. 

1937: Racketeers in Exile. 
SAUNDERS. LAWRENCE 

1936: Snowed Under. 
SAYRE. GEORGE 

WALLACE 

1936: Go Get 'Em Haines. 

Flying Hostess. 
SAYRE, JOEL 

1936: Parole 1 
SCHARY, DORE 

1936: The Public Must Eat. 
SCHAUFFLER, ELSIE T. 

1937: Parnell, 
SCHECK, MURIEL 

1936: Smartest Girl in Town. 
SCHROEDER, DORIS 

1936: Heart of the West. 
SCOTT. ALLAN 

1936: Follow the Fleet. 



SCOTT, EWING 

1936: Border Flight. 
1937 : Hollywood Cowboy. 
Park Avenue Logger, Wind- 
jammer 



SEATON. GEORGE 

1937: A Day at the Races. 

SEGALL. HARRY 

1936: Fatal Lady. 

1937: Super Sleuth. 

SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM 

1936 : Romeo and Juliet. 

SHANNON, ROBERT T. 
1936: Moonlight Murder. 

SHEEKMAN, ARTHUR 
1936: Pigskin Parade. 

SHELDON, CHARLES M. 

1936: In His Steps. 

SHEPARD. KATHLEEN 

1936: Human Cargo. 

SHERMAN, RICHARD 

1936: To Mary— With Love. 

SHERWOOD, ROBERT 

1936: Petrified Forest. 



SHIPMAN, BARRY 
1936: Shakedown. 
1937: Dangerous Holiday. 



SHUMATE, HAROLD 

1936: Hell-Ship Morgan. Dan- 
gerous Intrigue, The Final 
Hour, Crash Donovan. 
1937: Parole Racket, Counter- 
feit Lady. 



SILVERS, SID 

1936: Born to Dance. 
SILVERSTEIN, DAVID 

1936: Dancing Feet, Ticket to 

Paradise. 

SIMMONS, MICHAEL 

1937: \'enus .Makes Trouble. 
SMITH, DODIE 

1937: Call It a Day. 
SMITH, GARRET 

1936: Old Hutch. 
SMITH, HINTON 

1937: Girl Loves Boy. 
SNELL. EARL 

1936: Rogue of the Range, 

Everyman's Law. 
SPENCE, RALPH 

1936: Poor Little Rich Girl. 
SPERLING, MILTON 

1936: Sing Baby Sing. 
SPRAGUE, CHANDLER 

1936: Early to Bed. 
SPRINGER. NORMAN 

1937: Devil's Playground. 
SQUIER, EMMA L. 

1936: Dancing Pirate. 
STANGELAND, MICHAELIS 

1936: Star for a Night. 
STEEL, KURT 

1937: Murder Goes to Col- 
lege. 
STEMMLE, R. A. 

1936: Desire. 
STEPANI. FREDERICK 

1937: Love is News. 
STEVENS, LOUIS 

1937: Criminal Lawyer. 
STEVENSON, ROBERT L. 

1936 : Trouble for Two. 
STONE. ANDREW L. 

1937: The Girl Said No. 

STONG, PHIL 

1936: The Farmer in the 
Dell. 
STOREY, TOM SAWYER 
1936: Two in Revolt. 

STOUT, REX 

1936: Meet Nero Wolfe. 

STRACHEY. LYTTON 

1936: The White Angel. 
STRATTON-PORTER. GENE 

1937: Michael O'llalleron. 

STRAUSS. JAY 

r'37: Swcciheart of the Xavy. 

STRONG. AUSTIN 

1936: Along Came Love. 

STURGES. PRESTON 

1937 : Hotel Haywire. 

SULLIVAN. WALLACE 

1936: Just My Luck, Laugh- 
ing Irish Eyes, The Return 



291 



AUTHORS' WORK 



of Jimmy Valentine, Sitting on 
the Moon, Libeled Lady, Sally, 
Irene and Mary, The Corn- 
huskers, March of Melody. 
SUTHERLAND, SIDNEY 
1936 : Laughing Irish Eyes. 

SWIFT, DON 

1936: Let's Sing Again. 
SYRETT, NETTA 

1936: A Woman Rebels. 
SZEKELY, HANS 

1936: Desire. 
TALBOT, MONROE 

1936: Hair-Trigger Casey. 

1937: Aces Wild. 
TANSEY, ROBERT 

1936: Roamin' Wild. 
TARKINGTON, BOOTH 

1936: Gentle Julia. 

1937: Clarence, Penrod and 

Sam. 
TASKER, ROBERT 

1936: Here Comes Trouble. 

1937: John Meade's Woman. 
TAYLOR, ERIC 

1936: Happy Go Lucky, Spe- 
cial Orders. 

1937: Navy Blues. 
TAYLOR, MATT 

1936: More Than a Secretary. 

TAZIL, ZARAH 

1936 : Outlaws of the Range. 
TEILHET, DARWIN 

1937: They Wanted to Marry. 
TEMPLETON, GEORGE 

1936: Too Many Parents. 
TEMPLIN, DAN M. 

1936: Boulder Dam. 
TENNYSON, ALFRED 

1936: The Charge of the Light 

Brigade. 
TERHUNE, ALBERT 

PAYSON 

1937: The Mighty Treve. 
THAYER, TIFFANY 

1937: King of Gamblers. 
THIELE, WILLIAM 

1936: Don't Get Personal. 
THOMAS, FAITH 

1936: Hollywood Boulevard. 
THOMPSON, FRED 

1936: Sons O' Guns. 
THOMPSON, KEENE 

1936 : Wives Never Know. 
TINSLEY, THEODORE A. 

1936 : Panic on the Air. 
TOTHEROH, DAN 

1936: Yellow Dust. 
TOTMAN, WELLYN 

1936: The Leathernecks Have 

Landed, Down to the Sea, 

Happy Go Lucky. 
TOWNE, GENE 

1937: History Is Made at 

Night, You Only Live Once. 
TOWNLEY, JACK 

1936: The Last Outlaw, 

Mummy's Boys. 
TRASKER, ROBERT 

1936: Girl of the Ozarks. 
TRIVERS, BARRY 

1936: Big Broadcast of 1937. 
TROTTI, LAMAR 

1936: The First Baby, Pepper. 

1937: This is My Affair. 



TRUMBO, DALTON 

1936: Tugboat Princess. 
TWAIN, MARK 

1937: The Prince and the Pau- 
per. 
TWIST, JOHN 

1936: The Last Outlaw, 

Wanted — Jane Turner. 
ULMAN, WILLIAM A., JR. 

1936: I3own to the Sea. 
UPSON, WILLIAM H. 

1936: Earthworm Tractors. 
VANCE, LOUIS JOSEPH 

1936: The Lone Wolf Returns. 
VAN DINE, S. S. 

1936: Garden Murder Case. 

The President's Mystery. 
VAN DYCKE, TOM 

1936: The Man Who Lived 

Twice, Alibi for Murder. 

1937: The Wildcatter. 
VAN LOAN, H. H. 

1936: I'd Give My Life. 
VEILLER, BAYARD 

1937: The Thirteenth Chair. 
VERNE, JULES 

1937: The Soldier and the 

Lady. 
VIDOR, KING 

1936: The Texas Rangers. 

VON STROHEIM, ERICH 

1937: Between Two Women. 
WAGONER. GEORGE 

1937: The Three Legionnaires. 
WAGNER, FREDERICK H. 

1937: Killers of the Sea. 
WALES, HENRY 

1936: You May Be Next. 
WALLACE, FRANCIS 

1936: Rose Bowl, The Big 

Game. 

1937: Kid Gallahad. 
WALLACH, MICHAEL 

1936: Gold Diggers of 1937. 
WALSH, THOMAS 

1936: We're Only Human 
WARD, LUCI 

1936: Mountain Justice. 
WATTERS, GEORGE 

MANKER 

1937; Swing High — Swing 

Low. 
WEAD, FRANK 

1936: China Clipper, Sea 

Devils. 
WEBSTER, M. COATES 

1936: The Man I Marry. 
WEIMAN, RITA 

1936: The Witness Chair, The 

President's Mystery. 
WEITZENKORN, LOUIS 

1936: Two Against the World. 
WELLMAN, WILLIAM A. 

1937 : A Star is Born. 
WEST, MAE 

1936 : Klondike Annie. 
WEST, WALTON 

1936: The Riding Avenger. 
WESTON, GARNETT 

1936 : Preview Murder Mys. 

tery. 
WHATELY, ROGER 

1937: Drums of Destiny. 
WHITE, BOUCK 

1937: Toast of New York. 

292 



WIGGIN, KATE D. 

1936: Timothy's Quest. 



WILBUR, CRANE 

1936: The Devil on Horse- 
back. 

1937: Her Husband's Secre- 
tary, Alcatraz Island, One 
More Tomorrow. 



WILDER, BILLY 

1937: Champagne Waltz. 
WILLIAMS, BEN AMES 

1936: Small Town Girl. 
WILLIAMS, EMLYN 

1937: Night Must Fall. 

WILLIAMS, JESSE L. 

1936: Too Many Parents. 
WILSON, CHERRY 

1936: Empty Saddles. 

1937: Sandflow. 
WILSON, HARRY LEON 

1936 : Bunker Bean. 

1937: Oh Doctor. 
WILSTACH, FRANK 

1936: The Plainsman. 
WITWER. H. C. 

1936: Cain and Mabel. 

WODEHOUSE. P. G. 

1936: Piccadilly Jim, ThanV 

You Jeeves. 
WOLF, EDGAR ALLAN 

1936: Tough Guy. 
WOLFSON, P. J. 

1936: The Lady Consents. 

Public Enemy's Wife. 
WOODROW, MRS. WILSON 

1936: Penthouse Party. 
WORMSER, RICHARD 

1936: Sworn Enemy. 

1937: Let Them Live! 
WORTH, CEDRIC 

1937: When You're in Love. 
WORTS, GEORGE F. 

1936: Absolute Quiet. 
WRIGHT, HAROLD BELL 

1936: The Calling of Dan 

Matthews, The Mine With the 

Iron Door, Wild Brian Kent, 

Secret Valley. 

1937: It Happended Out 

West, The Californians. 
WRIGHT, WILLIAM H. 

1936: Yours for the Asking. 
WYLIE, IDA 

1937: That Man's Here Again. 
WYLIE, PHILIP 

1937: Fair Warning. 
YATES, HAL 

1936: General Spanky. 

1937: Nobody's Baby. 
YELLEN, JACK 

1936: Pigskin Parade. 

YOUNG, GORDON 

1936 : Captain Calamity. 
YOUNG, RITA JOHNSON 
1936: Hearts Divided. 
1937: Maytime. 



YOUNG, WALDEMAR 

1936: The Plainsman. 



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• • • THEIR WORK ON FEATURES DURING 1936 AND THE 
FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 1937 



ADAMS, ROBERT 

1936: The Walking Dead. 
ADAMSON, EWART 

1936: The Walking Dead, In 

Paris A. W. O. L., Below the 

Deadline, The Dark Hour. 
ADLER, FELIX 

1936: Our Relations. 
AKINS, ZOE 

1936: Camille. 
ALLMON, ROGER 

1936: Feud of the West. 
ANDERSON, DORIS 

1936: And So They Were 

Married. 

1937: King of Gamblers, Girl 

from Scotland Yard. 
ANDREWS and JACOBS 

1936: Isle of Fury. 
ANDREWS, ROBERT 

1936: Jailbreak, The Longest 

Night. 
ANTHONY, EDWIN 

1937; Mile a Minute Love. 
ANTHONY, JOSEPH 

1936: Lady of Secrets. And So 

They Were Married, Meet 

Nero Wolfe, Wedding Present. 

1937: Woman Chases Man. 
ANTHONY, STUART 

1936: Desert Gold, Drift 

Fence, Nevada, Border Flight, 

Girl of the Ozarks. 

1937: Arizona !Mahoney. 



ARLISS, LESLIE 



1936: Rhodes, Everybody 
Dance, All-in, O-Kay for 
Sound. 

1937: Rob Roy, Good Morn- 
ing Boys. 



ATKINS, ZOE 

1936: Lady of Secrets. 
ATTEBERRY, DUKE 

1937: Mountain Music. 
ATWATER. G. V. 

1937: Criminal Lawyer. The 

Man Who Found Himself. 
AVERY, STEPHEN 
MOREHOUSE 

1936: One Rainy Afternoon, 

Gorgeous Hussy. 
BAKER, GRAHAM 

1936: The Case Against Mrs. 

Ames. 

1937: You Only Live Once, 

Historv is Made at Night. 
baker; MELVILLE 

1936: Next Time We Love, 

Ladies in Love. 

1937: Seventh Heaven. 
BALDERSTON. JOHN L. 

1936: The Last of the Mo- 



hicans, Beloved Enemy. 
1937: Romance and Riches. 

BALDWIN, EARL 

1937: Ever Since Eve. 

BARRINGER, BARRY 

1936: Song of the Trail, Fed- 
eral Agent. 

BARROWS, NICHOLAS 
1937 : Dangerous Holiday. 

BARTLETT, CY 

1936 : The Murder of Dr. Har- 
rigan, Boulder Dam. 

BECKHARD, ARTHUR J. 
1936: The Sky Parade, Bor- 
der Flight. 

BEHRMAN, S. N. 
1937: Parnell. 

BELDEN, CHARLES S. 

1936: The Murder of Dr. 
Harrigan, Charlie Chan at the 
Opera, God's Country and the 
Woman, We've Had Our 
Moments, Heart Flush. 

BELL, TOM 

1936: Kelly the Second. 

BENNETT, CHARLES 

1936: A Shilling for Candles, 
Shadow on the Wing, The 
Woman Alone, 39 Steps, Se- 
cret Agent, Man Who Knew 
Too Much, The Clairvoyant, 
King of the Damned. 
1937: South of Manila, King 
Solomon's Mines. 



BENNISON, ANDREW 

1937: Lawless Land. 
BERENGES, BARRY 

1936: Timber War. 
BERNSTEIN, ISADORE 

1936: For the Service. 
BINYON, CLAUDE 

1936: Valiant is the Word for 

Carrie. 

1937: I Met Him in Paris. 
BLOCK, RALPH 

1936: Boulder Dam, Nobody's 

Fool. 
BOASBERG, AL 

1936: Silly Billies. 
BOEHM, DAVID 

1936: Florida Special. 

1937: A Doctor's Diary. 
BOHEM, ENDRE 

1936: The House of a Thou- 
sand Candles, The Girl from 

Mandalay. 

1937: Larceny on the Air. 
BORDEN. ETHEL B. 

1937: They Wanted to Marry. 

The Woman I Love. 
BOYLAN, MALCOLM S. 

1936 : Dangerous Waters. 

1937: When's Your Birthday? 



BRACKETT, CHARLES 

1936: Rose of the Rancho, 
Piccadilly Jim. 

BRADBURY, ROBERT N. 

1936: Sundown Saunders. 
BRANCH, HOUSTON 

1936: Don't Get Personal. 
BRAZEE, A. LAURIE 

1936: And So They Were 

Married. 



BRECHER, IRVS. 

1937: New Faces of 1937. 



BREN, J. ROBERT 

1936: Without Orders. 
1937: The Man Who Found 
Himself, China Passage, Be- 
hind the Headlines, Hideaway, 
No Groom to Bride Her. 



BRENNAN, FREDERICK H. 

1936 : Wives Never Know. 
BRESLOW, LOU 

1936: Little Miss Nobody, 
High Tension, 36 Hours to 
Kill, 15 Maiden Lane. 
1937: The Holy Terror, Time 
Out for Romance. Midnight 
Taxi, Sing and Be Happy, One 
Mile from Heaven. 



BRICE, MONTE 

1937 : Merry - Go - Round of 
1938, Young Man's Fancy, 
French Import. 



BRICKER, GEORGE 

1936: Freshman Love, The 
Big Noise, The Law in Her 
Hands, King of Hockey. 
1937 : Melody for Two, Fugi- 
tive in the "Sky. Don't Pull 
Your Punches, Sh ! the Octo- 
pus, Circulation War. 

BRIGHT, JOHN 

1936: The Accusing Finger. 
BROOKS. MATT 

1936: Doughnuts and Society, 

In Paris A. W. O. L. 
BROWN, KARL 

1936: The Calling of Dan 

Matthews, Tarzan Escapes, In 

His Steps. 
BROWNING, TOD 

1936: The Devil-Doll. 



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BUCHMAN, HAROLD 

1936: Don't Gamble With 
Love, Trapped by Television, 
Skyride, Come Closer Folks, 
Watch Your Step, Blackmailer, 

BUCHMAN, SIDNEY 

1936: The King Steps Out, 
Theodora Goes Wild, Adven- 
ture in Manhattan. 

BUCKINGHAM, TOM 
C Deceased) 
1936: Stage Struck. 

BUCKLEY, HAROLD 

1936: Public Enemy's Wife. 
Road Gang, Carruther's Case. 

1937: Guns of the Pecos, Idol 
of the Crowd, Carnival, Queen, 
Wallaby Jim of the Islands. 



BUFFINGTON, ADELE 

1936: Hi Gaucho. 
1937: Circus Girl, Michael 
O'Halloran, The Shiek Steps 
Out. The Duke Comes Back, 

Prison Nurse. 



BUNN, ALFRED 

1936: The Bohemian Girl. 



BURBRIDGE, BETTY 

1936: The Crime Patrol. 
1937: Paradise Express, Come 
on Cowboys!, Public Cowboy 
No. One, Telephone Operator. 



BURGER, PAUL 

(Deceased) 

1936: Little Miss Nobody. 
BUTLER, FRANK 

1936: The Milky Way, Strike 
Me Pink, Princess Comes 

1937: Champagne Waltz. 
CAESAR. ARTHUR 

1936: Along Came Love. 
CALLEIA, JOSEPH 

1936: Robin Hood of El Do- 
rado. 
CALTON, JOHN 

1936: The Invisible Ray. 
CAMPBELL. ALAN 

1936: The Moon's Our Home, 

Suzy, Lady Be Careful, Three 

Married Men. 
CARROLL, ZELMA 

1937: Lash of the Penitentes. 
CARRUTH, MILTON 

1936: Love Letters of a Star. 
CARSON, ROBERT 

1937: A Star is Born. 

CHANDLEE, HARRY 

1936: Rainbow on the River. 

1937: It Happended Out 
West. 



CHANSLOR, ROY 

1936: Man Hunt, Times 
Square Playboy, Murder by 
an Aristocrat, Bengal Tiger, 
Here Comes Carter 1 



1937: Men in Exile, Public 
Wedding, Love Is On The 
Air. 



CHAPIN. ANNE 
MORRISON 

1937: The Soldier and the 
Lady. 

CHAPLIN, CHARLIE 

1936: Modern Times. 
CHIN, C. C. 

1936: Desert Gold. 
CHODOROV, JERRY 

1936: Dancing Feet. 

1937: Devil's Playground. 
CHURCH, BLANCHE 

1936: MiUionaire Kid. 
CLARK, FRANK H. 

1936: Two in Revolt, O'Mal- 

ley of the Mounted. 
CLARKE, CHARLES 

1936: Trouble for Two. 
CLEETHORPE, SCOTT E. 

1936: Just My Luck. 
CLORK, HARRY 

1936 : Absolute Quiet, The Man 
I Marry, Flying Hostess. 
1937: When's Your Birthday?, 
Oh Doctor, New Faces of 
193 7. 

COEN, FRANKLIN 

1936: 'Til_We Meet Again. 

1937: We're on the Jury. 
COFFEE. LENORE J. 

1936: Suzy. 
COHEN, BEN 

1936: Border Patrolman, Am- 
bush Valley. 
COHN, BENNETT 

1936: Swifty. 

1937: Melody of the Plains. 
COLDEWAY, ANTHONY 

1936: Trailin' West. 

1937: Draegerman Courage. 
COLE, LESTER 

1936: Follow Your Heart, The 

President's Mystery. 

1937: Affairs of Cappv Ricks. 
COMANDINI, ADELE 

1936: The Country Beyond, 

1937 : Three Smart Girls. 
CONDON. CHARLES R. 

1937: Sing While You're Able, 

Death in the Air. 
CONNELL, RICHARD 

1936: Our Relations. 
CONNELLY, MARC 

1936: The Green Pastures, The 

Good Earth. 

1937 : Captains Courageous. 



CONSELMAN, 
WILLIAM 

1936: Private Number, Pig- 
skin Parade, Stowawav. 
1937: On the Avenue, Fiftv 
Roads to Town, That I May 
Live. 



CONWAY, PHILIP 

l'',i7: I'urv and the Woman. 
COOPER, OLIVE 

1936: Laughing Irish Eyes, 
Return of Jimmy Valentine. 
Dancing Feet. Hearts in Bond- 
age, Navy Born, Happy Go 
Lucky. 

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1937: Join the Marines, Jim 
Hanvey — Dective. Rlivthm in 
the Clouds. 

CORMACK, BARTLETT 

1936: Fury. 
CORNELL. RICHARD 

1936: The Milky Way. 
COWAN, SADA 

1936: Forbidden Heaven. 
CROUSE, RUSSEL 

1937 : Mountain Music. 
CROY, HOMER 

1936: The Harvester. 
CUMMINGS, HUGH 

1936: Earthworn Tractors, 

Polo Joe. 

1937 : Penrod and Sam. 
CUNNINGHAM, JACK 

1936: It's a Gift, Old Fash- 
ioned Way, Last Roundup, 

Wagon Wheels. 
DARLING. W. SCOTT 

1936: Frontier Justice, Char- 
lie Chan at the Opera. 

1937: California Straight A- 

head. 
DAVES, DELMAR 

1936: The Petrified Forest. 

1937: The Go Getter. 
DAVID, ALFRED 

1936: 'Til We Meet Again. 
DAVIS, DONALD 

1936: The Good Earth 
DAVIS, OWEN 

1936: The Good Earth. 
DAWN, ISABEL 

1936: The Moon's Our Home. 

1937: Wings Over Honolulu. 
DeGAW, BOYCE 

1936: The Moon's Our Home. 

1937: Wings Over Honolulu. 



DE GRANDCOURT, 
CHARLES 



\"ictoria the Great. 



DE LEON, WALTER 

1936: Collegiate, Strike Me 
Pink, Princess Comes Across, 
Rhythm on the Range, Big 
Broadcast of 1937. 

DELMAR, VINA 

1937: Make Way for Tomor- 
row. 

DE MONO, ALBERT 

1936: The l^eavenworth Case, 
Navy Born, North of Nome. 
1937: Woman in Distress. 

DETZER. KARL 

1936: Crash Donovan. 

DEVAL, JACQUES 
1937: Cafe Metropole. 

DE WOLF, KAREN 

1936: Doughnuts and Society, 
Bulldog Edition, Love in a 
Bungalow, Ride Ranger Ride, 
As Good As Married. 
1937: Love in a Bungalow. 

DOYLE. LAIRD 

(Deceased) 

1936: Hearts Divided, Cain 
and Mabel, Three Men on a 
Horse. 

1937: The Prince and the Pau- 
per, Another Dawn. 



SCREENPLAY WRITERS' WORK 



DRAKE, OLIVER 

1936: Comin' 'Round the 

Mountain. 

1937: Ghost Town Gold, 

Riders of the Whistling Skull. 

DUBLIN, L. C. 

1937: Beware of Ladies. 
DUFF, WARREN 

1936: The Singing Kid, Gold 

Diggers of 1937. 

1937: Ready Willing and Able. 
DUGAN, THOMAS J. 

1937: Pick a Star. 
DUNCAN, SAM 

1936: White Fang, White 

Hunter. 
DUNHAM, PHIL 

1936: Feud of the West, 

Stormy Trails. 
DUNNE, PHILIP 

1936: The Last of the Mohi- 
cans, Breezing Home. 
DURLAM, ARTHUR 

1936: Aces and Eights. 
EARL, KENNETH 

1936: White Hunter. 
EBY, LOIS 

1937: Too Many Wives. 
ELISCU, EDWARD 

1936: Every Saturday Night, 

Little Miss Nobody, High 

Tension. 
ELKINS, SAUL 

1936: The Crime of Dr. 

Forbes, Star for a Night, 

Under Your Spell. 

ELLIS, ROBERT 

1936 : Charlie Chan's Secret, 
Here Comes Trouble, Hitch 
Hike to Heaven, Charlie Chan 
at the Circus, Charlie Chan at 
the Race Track, Back to Na- 
ture. 

1937: Laughing at Trouble, 
Oflf to the Races, Charlie Chan 
at the Olympics, Big Busi- 
ness, Born Reckless. 

EMMETT, ROBERT 

1936: The Oregon Trail, Men 

of the Plains, Song of the 

Gringo, Headin' for Rio 

Grande. 

1937: Trouble in Texas. 

ENDORE, GUY 

1936: The Devil-Doll. 

ENGEL, SAMUEL G. 

1936: Sins of Man, Stowaway. 

ENGLISH, RICHARD 
1936: Bulldog Edition. 
1937: Larceny on the Air. 

EPSTEIN, JULIUS 

1936: Love on a Bet, Sons O' 

Guns. 

1937: Confession. 

EPSTEIN, PHILIP G. 

1936: The Bride Walks Out, 
Grand Jurv. .Mommy's Bovs. 
1937: New Faces of 1937.' 

ETTINGER, DON 

1937: The Lady Escapes. 

FARAGOH, FRANCIS E. 
1936: Dancing Pirate. 

FARRAR, WALTON T. 
1936: Feud nf the West. 

FARROW, JOHN 

1936 : Tarzan Escapes. 

FAULKNER, WILLIAM 
1936: The Road to Glory. 



FELTON, EARL 

1936: Freshman Love, The 
Bengal Tiger, The Gang's All 
Here, Fun to Be Foolish. 
1937: Bad Guy, Halfway 
House, Campvis Mystery. 



FENTON, FRANKLYN 

1937: .Step Lively Jeeves!, An- 
gel's Holiday, Wild and 
Woolly. 
FERRIS, WALTER 

1936: Under Two Flags, 
Lloyds of London. 
1937: Maid of Salem. 



FESSIER, MICHAEL 

1936: Exclusive Story, Speed, 
Women Are Trouble, All 
American Chump. 
1937: Song of the City. 



FIELDS. HERBERT 

1936 : Love Before Breakfast, 
The Luckiest Girl in the World. 

FIELDS, JOSEPH A. 

1936: Palm Springs, The Gen- 
tleman from Louisiana, Grand 
Jury, That Girl from Paris. 

FINKEL, ABEM 

1936: Public Enemy's Wife, 

Black Legion. 

1937: Marked Woman. 

FITZGERALD, EDITH 
1936: Small Town Girl. 

FITZSIMMONS, CORTLAND 
1937: The Mandarin Mystery. 

FLICK. PAT C. 

1936: The Singing Kid, Stage 

Struck. 

1937: Nobody's Baby, Riding 

on Air. 
FLOURNOY, RICHARD 

1936: Neighborhood House, 

Mister Cinderella, General 

Spanky. 

1937: Pick a Star, Riding on 

Air. 
FORD, HARRIETT 

1936: I Married a Doctor. 
FORT, GARRETT E. 

1936: Dracula's Daughter, The 

Devil-Doll. 
FOSTER, LEWIS B. 

1936: Two in a Crowd, The 

Magnificent Brute, Love I et- 

ters of a Star, She's Danger- 
ous. 

1937: Armored Car. 
FOSTER, NORMAN 

1937 : Fair Warning, Think 

Fast Mr. Moto. 
FOWLER, GENE 

1936: A Message to Garcia, 

Half Angel. 

1937: Nancy Steele Is Missing. 
FRANCIS, OWEN 

1936: The Magnificent Brute. 
FRANKEN. ROSE 

1936: Beloved Enemy. 
FRANKLIN, PAUL 

1936: Secret Valley. 

1937: Trouble in Morocco. 

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FREEMAN, EVERETT 

1937: Married Before Break- 
fast. 
FREEMAN, LEE 

1936: The Gentleman from 

Louisiana, Lazy River. 

1937: Blazing Barriers. 
FULTON, MAUDE 

1936: The Song and Dance 

Man. 
FURTHMAN, JULES 

1936: Come and Get It. 
GAMET, KENNETH 

1936: Smart Blonde. 

1937: Midnight Court. 
GARRETT, GRANT 

1937 : Clarence. 
GATES, HARVEY 

1936: The Voice of Bugle 

Ann, Flying Hostess. 

1937: When's Your Birthday? 
GATZERT, NATE 

1936 : Heroes of the Range, 

Avenging Waters, The Cattle 

Thief, The Fugitive Sheriflf, 

The Unknown Ranger. 

1937: Law of the Ranger. 
GELSEY, ERWIN S. 

193|6 : We're in the Money. 
GERAGHTY, GERALD 

1936: The Jungle Princess. 
GERAGHTY, MAURICE 

1937: Plills of Old Wyoming. 
GIBNEY, SHERIDAN 

1936: Anthony Adverse. 
GIBSON, TOM 

1936: Caryl of the Mountains, 

Romance Rides the Range. 
GITTENS, WYNDHAM 

1936: Ghost Patrol. 
GLASMON, KUBEC 

1936: Parole! 
GOLDBECK, WILLIS 

1936: The Garden of Allah. 
GOLDMAN, HAROLD 

1936: Petticoat Fever. 

1937: The Einpemr's Candle- 
sticks. 
GOODRICH, FRANCES 

1936: Rose Marie, After the 

Thin Man. 

1937: The Firefly. 
GOODRICH, MARCUS 

1936: Navy Born. 

1937: The Mighty Treve. 
GORDON. LEON 

1936: The Unguarded Hour, 

His Brother's Wife. 

1937: The Last of Mrs. Chey- 

ney. 
GORDON, ROSE 

1936: Fast Bullets, The Speed 

Reporter. 
GORNEY, JAY 

1936 : College Holiday. 



GOULDING, EDMUND 

1937: That Certain Woman. 



GOW. JAMES 

1936: .Murder on a Bridle 
Path, Bunker Bean. 
GRAHAM, CARROLL 

1937: Girl Loves Boy, Sweet- 
heart of the Navy. 



• • • 



SCREENPLAY WRITERS' WORK 



GRANET, BERT 

1936 : Legion of Terror. 

1937: Meet the Missus, Speed 
to Spare, The Big Shot. 

GRAYSON, CHARLES 
1936: Crash Donovan. 
1937: The Mighty Treve, 
Breezing Home, We Have Our 
Moments, Top of the Town. 

GREEN, EVE 

1936: Yours for the Asking. 
1937: Her Husband Lies. 

GREEN, HOWARD J. 

1936 : Devil's Squadron, Meet 

Nero Wolfe, They Met in a 

Ta-xi. 

1937: New Faces of 1937. 

GREY, JOHN 

1936: The Farmer in the Dell. 

1937: Mysterious Crossing, 

Too Many Wives. 
GRIFFIN, ELEANORE 

1937 : When Love is Young. 
GRINSTEAD, DURWARD 

1937: Maid of Salem. 
GROSS, STEPHEN 

1936: Thank You Jeeves. 
GRUEN, JAMES 

1936: The Leathernecks Have 

Landed, Border Flight, Wild 

Brian Kent. 
GUEDEL, JOHN 

1936: General Spanky. 
GUINAN, FRANCES 

1936: The Cowboy and the 

Kid, Ride 'Em Cowboy, 

Empty Saddles, The Boss 

Rider of Gun Creek. 

1937: Sandflow. 

HACKETT, ALBERT 

1936: Rose Marie, After the 

Thin Man. 

1937: The Firefly. 
HAINES, WILLIAM W. 

1937: Slim. 
HAMMERSTEIN, OSCAR, II 

1936: Showboat. 

1937: Swing High — Swing 

Low. 
HANLINE, MAURICE 

1936: One Rainy Afternoon. 
HANLON. BERT 

1936 : Big Brown Eyes, Spend- 
thrift. 
HANNEMAN, H. W. 

1936: The House of a Thou- 
sand Candles. 
HARBAUGH, CARL 

1937: The Three Legionnaires. 
HARRIS, ELMER 

1936: Three Wise Guys. 
HARRIS, RAY 

1936: Dancing Pirate. 
HART, DAVID 

1936: Beloved Enemy. 

HARTMAN, DON 

1936 : Princess Comes Across. 
1937: Champagne Waltz. 

HARTMANN, EDMUND L. 
1936: Without Orders. 
1937: The Man Who Found 
Himself, China Passage, Be- 
hind the Headlines. 



HATCH, ERIC 

1936 : My Man Godfrey. 

1937: Topper. 
HAWKEY, ROCK 

1936: Too Much Beef, West 

of Nevada. 
HAYWARD, LILLIE 

1936: The Walking Dead. 

1937: Penrod and Sam, Her 

Husband's Secretary, That 

Man's Here Again, Ever 

Since Eve. 
HECHT, BEN 

1936: Soak the Rich. 

HELLMAN, LILLIAN 

1936: These Three. 
HELLMAN, SAM 

1936: Captain January, Poor 
Little Rich Girl, Reunion. 

1937: Slave Ship. 



HERALD, HEINZ 

1937: The Life of Emile Zola. 



HERBERT. F. HUGH 

1936: Colleen, Snowed Under, 
The Case of the Black Cat. 
1937: As Good as Married. 



HERCZEG, GEZA 

1937: The Life of Emile Zola. 



HERTZ, DAVID 

1937: Woman Chases Man. 
HERZIG, SIG 

1936: Colleen, Sing Me a 

Love Song. 

1937: Ready Willing and Able, 

Marry the Girl. 
HIGGINS, HOWARD 

1936: I Conquer the Sea. 
HILL, ETHEL 

1937: Let's Get Married. 
HILLYER, LAMBERT 

1937: Speed to Spare, Girls 

Can Play. 
HILTON, JAMES 

1936: Camille. 
HOFFE, MONCKTON 

1937: The Last of Mrs. Chey- 

ney. The Emperor's Candle- 
sticks. 

HOFFENSTEIN, SAMUEL 

1936: Desire, the Voice of 
Bugle Ann. 

HOFFMAN. JOSEPH 

1936 : Charlie Chan's Secret, 

Jailbreak, Thank You Jeeves, 

Country Gentlemen. 

1937: Damaged Goods. 
HOLMES. BROWN 

1936: Snowed Under, Satan 

Met a Lady, Flying Hostess. 

1937: Top of the Town, Oh 

Doctor. 
HOPKINS, ROBERT 

1937: Saratoga. 



HORMAN, ARTHUR T. 

1936 : Tango. Bridge of Sighs, 
Three of a Kind, Easy Money, 
It Couldn't Have Happened. 



1937: Ellis Island, You Can't 
Buy Luck, The Big Shot, 
Junior G-Men, His Honor the 
Mayor, Romance to the Res- 



HOUSER, LIONEL 

1936: The Lone Wolf Re- 

-urns. Devil's Squadron. 

1937: I Promise to Pay, She's 

Dangerous, Border Cafe, Let 

Them Live ! 
HOUSTON, NORMAN 

1936 : The Riding Avenger. 
HOWARD, SIDNEY 

1936: Dodsworth. 
HOYT, HARRY O. 

1937: Headline Crasher, Rust- 
lers' Valley. 
HUME. CYRIL 

1936: Yellow Dust, Tarzan 

Escapes, The Jungle Princess. 

1937 : They Gave Him a Gun. 
HURLBURT. WILLIAM 

1936: Rainbow on the River. 
HURLBUT, GLADYS 

1936: Love on the Run. 
HUTCHISON, JERRY 

1936: Two in Revolt. 
HYLAND, FRANCES 

1936: The Crime of Dr. 

Forbes, Star for a Night, 

Under Your Spell. 
INGSTER, BORIS 

1936: Dancing Pirate. 
IRELAND, MARY 

1937: Old Louisiana. 

JACKSON, FELIX 

1937: Three Smart Girls Go 
to Town. 



JACKSON, FREDERICK 

1937: The Great Gambini. 

JACKSON, HORACE 

1936: Suzy, Behold the Bride- 
groom. 

JACOBS, HARRISON 

1936: Hopalong Cassidy Re- 
turns. 
1937: Borderland. 

JACOBS, WILLIAM 

1936: Song of the Saddle, 
Treachery Rides the Range, 
The Big Noise, Hot Money, 
Down the Stretch. 

JACOBY. MICHEL 

1936: The White Angel, Two 
Against the World, Charge of 
the Light Brigade. 

JAMES, RIAN 

1936: We're Only Human, 

The Witness Chair, Walking 

on Air. 

1937: Internes Can't Take 

Money. 

JAMIESON, HAZEL 
1936: Dangerous Waters. 

JARRETT. DAN 

1936: The Calling of Dan 
Matthews, O'Malley of the 
Mounted, Let's Sing Again, 
The Mine With the Iron 
Door, The Border Patrolman, 
Daniel Boone, Secret Valley. 
1937: Hollywood Cowboy. 



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SCREENPLAY WRITERS' WORK 



JAY, GRIFFIN 

1937: Bank Alarm. 
JENNINGS, AL 

1936 : Song of the Gringo. 
JENNINGS, TALBOT 

1936 : Romeo and Juliet. 
1937: The Good Earth. 

JEVNE, JACK 

1936: Kelly the Second, Our 

Relations. 

1937: Topper. 
JOHNSON, ADRIAN 

1937 : Killers of the Sea. 
JOHNSON, HENRY 

1936: Great Guy. 

JOHNSON, NUNNALLY 

1936: The Prisoner of Shark 
Island, Banjo On My Knee. 

JOHNSON, ROBERT LEE 
1936: The Harvester, Down 
to the Sea. 
1937 : The Hoosier Schoolbov. 

JONES, ARTHUR VERNON 
1936: Kelly the Second. 
Neighborhood House, Mister 
Cinderella, Pick a Star. 
1937: Pick a Star. 

JONES, GROVER 

1936: The Trail of the Lone- 
some Pine, The Milky Way. 

JOSEPHSON, JULIEN 
1937: Wee Willie Winkie. 

KAHN, GORDON 
1937: Navy Blues. 



KALMAR, BERT 

1936: Walking on Air. 

1937: Life of the Party, Gold- 

wyn Follies. 



KANDEL, ABEN 

1937: They Won't Forget. 
KAVANAUGH, KATHARINE 

1936: Educatine Father. 
KELLY, GEORGE 

1936: Old Hutch. 
KELLY, MARK 

1936: One in a Million. 
KENDIS, J. D. 

1936: Gambling With Souls. 
KENYON, CHARLES 

1936: The Petrified Forest, 

The Golden Arrow, Crack-Up. 
KERN, JEROME 

1937: The Road Back. 

1936 : Showboat. 



KIMBLE, LAWRENCE 

1936: All American Chump. 
1937: Everybody Was Very 
Nice, Submarine D-1. 



KING. BRADLEY 

19,^1 7 : Maid nf Salem. 
KINGDON, LEWIS 

1936: Desert Justice. 
KIRKLAND. JACK 

1936: Sutter's Gold. 
KNIGHT. TRACY 

1936: Darkest Africa. 
KNOPF. EDWIN H. 

1936: Piccadilly Tim. 
KOBER. ARTHUR 

1936: Early to Bed. 
KOHN, BEN GRAUMAN 

1937 : Once a Doctor. 
KOHNER. FREDERICK 

1936: Sins of Man. 



KRAFFT, JOHN W. 

1936: Murder at Glen Athol, 
The Arizona Raiders, Missing 
Girls, Lady Luck. 

KRASNA, NORMAN 

1936: Wife versus Secretary. 
1937: The King and the Chor- 
us Girl. 

KRIMS, MILTON 

1937: The Great O'Malley, 
Green Light. 

KRUMGOLD, JOSEPH 

1936: The Lone Wolf Re- 
turns, Blackmailer, Lady from 
Nowhere. 

1937: Join the Marines, Jim 
Hanvev — Detective. 

KRUSADA, CARL 
1936: Fast Bullets. 

KUSELL, HAROLD 

1937: New Faces of 1937. 

KYNOW. DR. OSSIP 
1936: Sins of Man. 

LA CAVA, GREGORY 
1936: My Man Godfrey. 



LAIDLAW, BETTY 

1937: The Girl Said No, 
Grand Canyon, Face the Facts. 
Dynamite, The Mother, Heart- 
break House, Bandit King. 



LAMB, HAROLD 

1936: The Plainsman. 
LANG, FRITZ 

1936: Fury. 
LANGLEY, NOEL 

1937: Mavtime. 
LARKIN, JOHN FRANCIS 

1936: Mandarin Mystery. 
LAURENCE, VINCENT 

1937: John Meade's Woman. 
LAW, HAROLD 

1937 : Nobody's Baby. 
LEDERER, CHARLES 

1937: Mountain Music. 
LEE, LEONARD 

1936: Sinner Take All. 

1937: Espionage. 



LEE, ROBERT N. 

1937 : Armored Car, Jericho, 
40 Naughty Girls. 



LEHMAN, GLADYS 

1936: Captain January, Poor 

Little Ricb Girl, Reunion. 

1937: Slave Ship, Midnight 

Madonna. 
LEIGH, ROWLAND 

1936: Charge of the Light 

Brigade. 
LENNON, THOMAS 

1936: Murder on a Bridle 

Path, Special Investigator, 

Second Wife. 

1937: Criminal Lawyer, The 

Man Who Found Himself, 

Racing Lady. 



LEVIEN, SONYA 

1936: The Country Doctor, 
Reunion. 

1937: In Old Chicago, Kid- 
napped. 



LE VINO, MARGARET 

1937 : Confession. 
LEVY, DAVID S. 

1937: The Gold Racket, Bank 
Alarm. 

LEVY, MELVIN 

1936: Robin Hood of El Do- 
rado. 
LINDSAY, HOWARD 
1936: Swing Time. 

LIPMAN, WILLIAM R. 

1936 : Big Brown Eyes. 
1937 ; On Such a Night. 



LIPSCOMB, W. P. 

1936: A Message to Garcia, 
Under Two Flags, The Gar- 
den of Allah, Phantom of the 
Opera, National Velvet. 



LIVELY, ROBERT 

1937: The Girl Said No, 
Grand Canyon, Face the Facts, 
Dynamite, The Mother, Heart- 
break House, Bandit King. 



LLOYD, ROLLO 

1936: I Conquer the Sea. 

LOEB, LEE 

1936: Don't Gamble With 
Love, Trapped by Television, 
Skyride. Come Closer Folks, 
Watch Your Step, Blackmailer. 

LOGAN, HELEN 

1936: Hitch Hike to Heaven, 
Here Comes Trouble, Charlie 
Chan's Secret, Charlie Chan 
at the Circus, Back to Na- 
ture, Charlie Chan at the Race 
Track. 

1937: 0)T to the Races, Laugh- 
ing at Trouble. Charlie Chan 
at the Olympics. Big Busi- 
ness, Born Reckless. 

LOGUE, CHARLES A. 

1936: Conflict. 

1937: The Wildcatter. 

LONG, HAL 

1936: White Fang, Nancy 
Steele is Missing. 

LOOS, ANITA 

1936: San Francisco. 
1937: Mama Steps Out, Sara- 
toga. 

LOWE, EDWARD T., Jr. 

1936: Educating Father, Char- 
lie Chan at the Race Track. 
1937: Bulldog Drummond 
Strikes Back. Wild Money. 

LOWE, SHERMAN L. 

1936 : Night Cargo, With Love 
and Kisses. 

1937: Arizona Days, Sing 
While You're Able, Headline 
Cra.sher, Tough to Handle, 
The Old Corral. 

LOWENSTEIN, STANLEY 

m.;7: .\ny thing f..r a Thrill. 

MacARTHUR, CHARLES 

1936: Soak the Rich. 

MacDONALD, PHILIP 

1936: Diamond Rush, Yours 
for the Asking. 



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MacDONALD, WALLACE 

1936: Doughnuts and Society. 

MacDONALD, WILLIAM 
COLT 
1937: Roarin' Lead. 

McCALL. MARY. Jr. 
1936: Craig's Wife. 
1937 : I Promise to Pay, Wom- 
en of Glamour. 

McCarthy, john p. 

1936: Song of the Gringo. 

McCarthy, henry 

1936: Great Guy. 

1937: 23^ Hours Leave. 

McCONVILLE, BERNARD 
1936: The Lonely Trail. 

McCOY, HORACE 

1936: The Trail of the Lone- 
some Pine, Fatal Lady, Pa- 
role!, Postal Inspector. 

McEVOY, J. P. 

1936: College Holiday. 

McGOWAN, DORRELL 

1936: King of the Pecos, 
Comin' 'Round the Mountain. 
The Singing Cowboy, Guns 
and Guitars, Red River Valley, 
Ride Ranger Ride. 
1937: Bill Cracks Down. A 
Man Betrayed, Git Along Lit- 
tle Dogies, The Big Show. 

McGOWAN, J. P. 

1937 : What Price Vengeance. 

McGOWAN, JACK 

1936: Born to Dance. 

McGOWAN, STUART E. 

1936 : King of the Pecos, 
Comin' 'Round the Mountain. 
The Singing Cowboy, Guns 
and Guitars, Red River Valley, 
Ride Ranger Ride. 
1937: Bill Cracks Down, A 
Man Betrayed. Git Along Lit- 
tle Dogies, The Big Show. 

McGUINNESS, JAMES K. 
1936: The Great Ziegfeld. 

McGUIRE, WILLIAM A. 

1936: The Great Ziegfeld. 

McNUTT. PATTERSON 

1936: Everybody's Old Man, 
Return of Sophie Lang. 

MACAULAY, RICHARD 

1936: Earthworm Tractors. 
1937 : Riding on Air. 

MAHIN, JOHN LEE 

1936: Small Town Girl, Wife 
versus Secretary, The Devil 
is a Sissy, Love on the Run. 
1937: Captains Courageous. 

MAIBAUM, RICHARD 
1936: We Went to College. 
1937: They Gave Him a Gun. 

MALLOY. DORIS 

1936: Too Manv Parent*, 
Human Cargo, Two in a 
Crowd. 

MANKIEWICZ. HERMAN J. 
1937: John Meade's Woman. 

MANNING, BRUCE 

1936: The Lone Wolf Re- 
turns, The Devil's Squadron, 
Counterfeit, Meet Nero Wolfe. 
1937: We Have Our Mo- 
ments, Let Them I^ive ! 

MANSFIELD, DUNCAN 
1937: Girl Loves Boy. 



MARCH, JOSEPH M. 

1936: And Sudden Death. 

1937 : Hideaway Girl. 
MARION, FRANCES 

1936: The Good Earth, Ca- 

mille. 
MARION, GEORGE, Jr. 

1937: Fifty Roads to Town. 
MARKEY, GENE 

1936 : Private Number, Girl's 

Dormitory. 

1937: On the Avenue. 
MARKS, CLARENCE J. 

1936: Don't Get Personal. 

MARKSON, BEN 

1936: Brides Are Like That, 

Nobody's Fool. 

1937: Woman Wise, That I 

May Live, Sing and Be 

Happy. 

MARLOW, BRIAN 

1936: Preview Murder Mys- 
tery, Woman Trap. The Sky 
Parade, 'Till We Meet Again. 
Forgotten Faces. Return of 
Sophie Lang, The Accusing 
Finger. 
1937: Murder Goes to College. 

MARTIN, AL 

1936: The Last Assignment, 
Rio Grande Romance, Rogues' 
Tavern, Kelly of the Secret 
Service, Prison Shadows, Put 
on the Spot, Trail Dust. 

MARTIN. FRANCIS 

1936: Strike Me Pink, Colle- 
giate, Princess Comes Across, 
Rhythm on the Range, Big 
Broadcast of 1937. 
1937: Waikiki Wedding. 

MARX. GROUCHO 

1937: The King and the Chor- 
us Girl. 

MAYER, EDWIN JUSTUS 

1936: Give Us This Night, 
Desire. 'Til! We Meet Again. 
MEDBURY, JOHN P. 

1936: Let's Make a Million, 
Country Gentlemen, Killers of 
the Sea. 

MEEHAN, ELIZABETH 
1936: The Harvester. 

MEEHAN. JOHN, Jr. 
1936: His Brother's Wife. 

MELONEY, WILLIAM B. 
1936 : Beloved Enemy. 

MEREDYTH, BESS 
193,6: Half Angel. 

MEYERS, HENRY 

1936: Luckiest Girl in the 
World. 

MILHAUSER, BERTRAM 
1936: Garden Murder Case, 
The Magnificent Brute. 
1937: LTnder Cover of Night, 
The Crime Nobody Saw. 

MILLER, ALICE DUER 
1936: Rose Marie._ Wife ver- 
sus Secretary, Girl on the 
Front Page. 

MILLER, SETON I. 

1936: Two in the Dark. The 
Leathernecks Have Landed, 
Bullets or Ballots. 
1937: Kid Gallahad. 

MILLS, HUGH 

1937: Personal Property. 

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MILNE, PETER 

1936: The Walking Dead, 
Colleen, The Murder of Dr. 
Harrigan, Polo Joe. 

1937 : Earthworm Tractors, 
.San Ouentin. 



MINTZ, SAM 

1936: Cliatterbox, The Farm- 
er in the Dell, Crack-Up. 

MOFFITT, JEFF 

1936: Kelly the Second. 

MOFFITT, JOHN C. 

1936: Rhythm on the Range. 
Murder With Pictures. 
1937: Night Key, Mountain 
Music. 

MOONEY, MARTIN 
1936: Missing Girls. 
1937: You Can't Buy Luck. 

MOORE, DANIEL 

1936: The Last of the Mo- 
hicans. 

MORAN, EDDIE 
1937 : T.iiiprr. 

MORGAN, AINSWORTH 
1936: The Gorgeous Hussy. 
1937 : Espionage. 

MORGAN, BYRON 
1936: The Sky Parade. 

MORRIS, GOUVERNEUR 
1936: The Jungle Princess. 

MOSHER, LOUIS 
1936: Tarzan Escapes. 

MULHAUSER, JAMES 

1936: The Dragnet, Love Let- 
ters of a star. 
1937: Love in a Bungalow. 

MYERS, HENRY 

1936: College Holiday. 

MYTON, FRED 

1937: The Trusted Outlaw, 
Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin, 
Border Phantom. 

NATTEFORD, JOHN F. 

1936: The Return of Jimmy 
Valentine, Millionaire Kid, 
Ticket to Paradise, The Ore- 
gon Trail, The Three Mesqui- 
teers. The Lonely Trail. 
1937: Paradise Express, 

Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm. 

NEVILLE. GRACE 

1936: Dangerous Intrigue, 
Shakedown. 

1937: Motor Madness, Find 
the Witness, Tough to Han- 
dle. 

NEVILLE, JOHN T. 

1936: The Glory Trail, Rebel- 
lion. 

1937: Battle of Greed. Drums 
of Destiny. 

NEWELL, GORDON 
1937: The Californians. 

NIBLO, FRED. Jr. 

1936: You May Be Next, 
Roaming Lady, The Man 
Who Lived Twice, The Lady 
from Nowhere. 

1937: Find the Witness. Mo- 
tor Madness. 

NICHOLS. DUDLEY 

1936: Mary of Scotland, The 

Plow and the Stars. 

1937: The Toast of New York 



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NICHOLSON, KENYON 

19,^6: 13 Hours by Air. 
NORRIS. STEPHEN 

1936: Born to Fight, Racing 

Blood. 
NORTH, EDMUND 

1936: Murder ou a Bridle 

Path, Bunker Bean. 
ODETS, CLIFFORD 

1936: The General Died at 

Dawn. 
O'DONNELL, JACK 

1937: Xorth of Rio Grande. 
O'DONNELL, JOSEPH 

1936: Timber War, Border 

Caballero, Lightnin' Bill Car- 
son. Wildcat Trooper. 

1937: Anything for a Thrill. 
OFFNER, MORTIMER 

1937: Quality Street, The 

Soldier and the Lady. 
O'FLAHERTY, LIAM 

1937 : Devil's Playground. 

O'HIGGINS, HARVEY 

1936: I Married a Doctor. 

O'NEILL, GEORGE 

1936: Sutter's Gold, I'd Give 
My Life. 

OPPENHEIMER, GEORGE 
1936: Libeled Lady. 
1937: A Day at the Races, 
London by Night, Married Be- 
fore Breakfast. 



ORNITZ, SAMUEL 

1936: Fatal Lady, Follow 
Your Heart, Army Girl, Doc- 
tor's Diary, Strangers at the 
Feast. 

1937: Two Wise Maids, The 
Hit Parade, It Could Happen 
to You, Army Girl, The Way 
of All Women. 



ORR, GERTRUDE 

1936 : Penthouse Party, 
Doughnuts and Society. The 
Harvester, Country Gentlemen, 
Swift Lightning. Circus Queen. 
1937: The jMandarin Mystery. 
ORTH, MARION 
193 7 : Paradise Isle. 

OWEN, SEENA 

193 7 : Clarence. 

PAGANO. ERNEST 

1937: Shall We Dance, Super 

Sleuth. 

PARAMORE, EDW. E., JR. 

1936: The Three Godfathers. 
PARKER, AUSTIN 

1936: The Girl on the Front 

Page. 

1937 : Three Smart Girls, Love 

in a Bungalow. 

PARKER. DOROTHY 

1936: The Moon's Our Home, 
Three Married Men, Lady Be 
Careful, Suzy. 

PARKER. JEFFERSON 

1936 : Human Cargo, Yellow- 
stone. 

1937: Mysterious Crossing. 

PARKER, NORTON S. 

1936: Tundra. 



PARSONNET, MARION 

1937: The Thirteenth Chair, 
I'.tlwctn Two Women. 

PARSONS, LINDSAY 

1936: The Oregon Trail. 
PARSONS, TED 

1936: Darkest Africa. 
PARTOS. FRANK 

1936: Rose of the Rancho. 

1937: The Great Gambini. 
PASCAL. ERNEST 

1936: Lloyds of London. 

1937: Wee Willie Winkie. 
PATRICK, JOHN 

1936: Educating Father. High 

Tension, 36 Hours to Kill, 15 

Maiden Lane. 

1937: Time Out for Romance, 

The Holy Terror, Midnight 

Ta-xi, Sing and Be Happy, 

Horn Reckless. 

PERELMAN, S. J. 

1936: Florida Special. 

PERELMAN, LAURA 

1936 : Florida Special. 
PEREZ. PAUL 

1936: Ring Around the Moon, 
Little Red School House, The 
Last of the Mohicans, August 
Week End, Brilliant Marriage. 

PERKINS, ALBERT R. 

1936: Girl on the Front Page. 
1937: .She's Dangerous, The 
Mighty Treve. 
PERRIN, NAT 

1936: Rose of the Rancho, 
Dimples. Stowaway. 
1937: Don't Tell the Wife, 
New Faces of 1937, On Again- 
Off Again. 

PHILLIPS, GORDON 

1936: Desert Justice. 
PIKE, SAMUEL M. 

1937: When's Your Birthday? 
PIROSH, ROBERT 

1937: A Day at the Races. 

PLYMPTON. GEORGE 

1936: Idaho Kid, Cavalry. 
1937: The Gun Ranger, The 
Trusted Outlaw, Bar Z Bad 
Man, Gun Lords of Stirrup 
Basin. A Lawman is Born. 

POLAND. JOSEPH 

1936: Winds of the Waste- 
land. 
1937: The Old Corral. 

PRASKINS, LEONARD 
1936: One in a Million. 

PRATT, GILBERT 
1936: Timothy's Quest. 

PURCELL. GERTRUDE 

1936: The Witness Chair, 
Make Way for a Lady. 
1937: Super Sleuth. 

RAINE, NORMAN R. 

1936: God's Country and the 
Woman. 

RANKIN, WILLIAM 

1936: Counterfeit, Pinkerton — 
the Detective, Diamond Rush. 

RAPE, MAURICE 

1936: We Went to College. 
1937: They Gave Him a Gun. 

RAPHAELSON, SAMSON 

1937: The Last of Mrs. Chcy- 
ney. 

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RATHMELL, JOHN 

1936: Darkest Africa. 

1937: Ghost Town Gold, 

Riders of the Whistling Skull. 

RAUH, STANLEY 

1936: Laughing Irish Eyes. 

REED, TOM 

1936: Love Begins at Twenty, 
The Case of the Velvet Claws, 
1937: The Great O'Malley, 
The Captain's Kid, Marry the 
Girl. 



REEVES, THEODORE 

1937: Internes Can't Take 
Money, Flower of France, 
Blossoms on Broadway. 



REILLY, NORMAN 

1937: Mountain Justice. 
REYHER, FERDINAND 

1936: You May Be Next, 
Two in Revolt, Special Investi- 
gator. 

RIGBY, GORDON 

1936: The Gentleman from 
Louisiana, Two Years Before 
the Mast, Army Girl, Return 
of Cappy Ricks. 
RIGGS, LYNN 

1936: The Plainsman, The Gar- 
den of Allah. 



RILEY, LAWRENCE 

1937: Ever Since Eve, Perfect 
Specimen. 



RISKIN, ROBERT 

1936: Mr. Deeds Goes to 

Town. 

1937: When You're in Love, 

Lost Horizon. 



RIVKIN, ALLEN 



1936 : Half Angel, Champagne 

Charlie. 

1937: This is My Afifair, Love 

Under Fire, Call Back Love. 



ROBERTS, CHARLES 

1936: Mummy's Boys. 



ROBERTS, MARGUERITE 

1936: Forgotten Faces. Flor- 
ida Special, Hollywood Boule- 
vard, Rose Bowl. 
1937: Turn Off the Moon, 
Wild Money. 



ROBINSON. CASEY 

1936: I Married a Doctor, 
Hearts Divided, Give Me 
Your Heart, Mistress of 
Fashion. Stolen Holiday. 
1937: Call It a Day. 

ROGERS, BOGART 

1936: 13 Hours by Air. 

ROGERS, CHARLES 
1936: Our Relations. 
1937: Outcast, Midnight Ma- 
donna. 



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ROGERS, HOWARD 

EMMETT 

1936: Whipsaw, The Unguard- 
ed Hour. Libeled Lady. 

ROOT, LYNN 

1937: Step Lively Jeeves!, An- 
gel's Holiday, Wild and Woolly. 

ROOT, WELLS 

1936: Sworn Enemy, The 
Bold Caballero. 

ROPES, BRADFORD 

1937: Circus Girl, The Hit 

ROSSEN, ROBERT 

1937: Marked Woman, They 
Won't Forget. 

ROYAL. CHARLES F. 

1936; Tundra, Valley of the 
Lawless. 

1937 : Guns in the Dark, Phan- 
tom of Santa Fe, Shadows of 
the Orient. 

RUBIN, BENNY 

1937: On Again-Off Again. 

RUBY, HARRY 

1936: Walking on Air. 

1937: Life of the Party, Gold- 

wyn Follies. 



RUSKIN, HARRY 

1936: Lady Be Careful, Great 

Guy. 

1937: 231-4 Hours Leave. 
RUTHVEN, MEDELEINE 

1936: Straight from the 

Shoulder, The Accusing Fin- 
ger. 
RYAN. BEN 

1936: Laughing Irish Eyes. 

193 7 : Midnight Court. 
RYAN, DON 

1936: Smart Blonde. 
RYERSON, FLORENCE 

1936: Moonlight Murder, 

Tough Guy, Mad Holiday. 
RYSKIND, MORRIE 

1936: My Man Godfrey. 
ST. CLAIR, ROBERT 

1936: Doughnuts and Society. 
SALKOW, SIDNEY 

1936 : Rhythm on the Range, 

Murder With Pictures. 
SARECKY. BARNEY 

1936: Darkest Africa. 
SAUBER. HARRY 

1936 : Her Master's Voice. 

1937: Racketeers in Exile. 
SAYRE. GEORGE 

WALLACE 

1936: Song of the Trail, Go 

Get 'Em Haines. 
SAYRE, JOEL 

1936: The Road to Glory. 

1937: Meet the Missus. The 

Toast of New York. 
SCHARY, DORE 

1936 : Her Master's Voice. 

Timothy's Quest, Mind Your 

On Business. 

1937: Outcast, Girl from 

Scotland Yard. 
SCHAYER. RICHARD 

1936: Dangerous Waters, The 

Devil is a Sissy. 
SCHLESINGER, TESS 

1937 : The Good Earth. 
SCHROCK, RAYMOND L. 

1936: Sitting on the Moon, 

Happy Go Lucky. 



SCHROEDER, DORIS 

1936: Call of the Prairie. 
Three on the Trail, Heart of 
the West. 

SCHUBERT, BERNARD 

1936: Hearts in Bondage. 
SCOLA, KATHRYN 

1936: It Had to Happen. 

SCOTT, ALLAN 
1936: Swing Time. 
1937: Quality Street, Shall 
We Dance. 



SCOTT, EWING 

1937: Hollywood Cowboy, 
Park Avenue Logger, Wind- 
jammer. 



SEATON, GEORGE 

1937: A Day at the Races. 

SEFF, MANUEL 

1936: The Three Godfathers, 
Love on the Run. 

1937: Espionage, Let's Make 
a Million, Woman Chases 
Man. ' 

SEGALL, HARRY 

1936: Don't Turn 'Em Loose. 

1937: Outcasts of Poker Flat, 

There Goes My Girl. 
SHAIRP, MORDAUNT 

1936: The White Parade. 
SHANE, MAXWELL 

1937: You Can't Beat Love. 
SHANNON. ROBERT T. 

1937: Racketeers in Exile. 
SHAW, IRWIN 

1936: The Big Game. 
SHEEKMAN, ARTHUR 

1936: Rose of the Rancho, 

Dimples, Stowaway. 
SHERIFF, R. C. 

1937 : The Road Back. 
SHERMAN, RICHARD 

1936: To Mary— With Love. 
SHERWOOD, ROBERT E. 

1936: The Ghost Goes West. 
SHORE, VIOLA B. 

1936 : Walking on Air, Smart- 
est Girl in Town. 



SHUMATE, HAROLD 

1936: Hell-Ship Morgan. Pride 
of the Marines, Panic nn the 
Air, The Final Hour, End of 
the Trail, Killer at Large. 
1937: Parole Racket. 



SILVERS, SID 

1936: Born to Dance. 

SILVERSTEIN. DAVID 

1936: 15 Maiden Lane. 

1937: You Can't Beat L'-'ve. 
SIMMONS, MICHAEL 

1936: Girl of the Ozarks. 

1937: Venus Makes Trouble. 
SMITH, HINTON 

1936: In His Steps. 
SMITH, HOWARD ELLIS 

1936;. It Had to Happen, To 

Mary — With Love. 

1937: Think Fast Mr. Moto. 

300 



SMITH. PAUL GERARD 
1936: It's a Great Life, F- 
Man. 
1937: Turn Off the Moon. 

SMITH, VERNON 

1936: Call Of the Prairie, 
Three on the Trail. 

SMITH, WALLACE 
(Deceased) 

1936: The Gay Desperado. 
1937 : Her Husband Lies. 

SNELL, EARL 

1936: Sunset of Power, The 
Desert Phantom, Roaming 
Lady, Burning Gold, Rogue 
of the Range, Everyman's 
Law, Two in a Crowd, Wild 
Brian Kent, King of the Royal 
Mounted, Rainbow on the 
River, Secret Valley. 
193 7: IT Happened Out 
West. 

SOLOW. EUGENE 

1936: Crash Donovan. 

SPERLING, MILTON 

1936 : Sing Baby Sing. 

STARLING, LYNN 

1936: Give Us This Night, 
More Than a Secretary. 
1937: Women of Glamour, As 
Good as Married. 

STEIN, JOSEPH L. 

1937: White Gods. 
STEPHANI, FREDERICK 

1937 : Between Two Women. 

STEVENS, LOUIS 

1936 : Special Investigator, 
The Texas Rangers. 

1937: Last Train from Ma- 
drid. 

STRAWN, ARTHUR 

1936: The Man Who Lived 
Twice, Lady from Nowhere. 

STRONG, AUSTIN 

1936: Along Came Love. 
STURGES, PRESTON 

1937: Hotel Haywire, Easy 

Living. 
SULLIVAN, WALLACE 

1936: Just My Luck, Legion 

of the Lost, Walls of God. 
SUTHERLAND, SIDNEY 

1936: The Leavenworth Case, 

Sitting on the Moon. 

SWERLING. JO 

1936: The Music Goes 'Round, 
Pennies from Heaven. 

SWIFT, DON 

1936: The Calling of Dan 
Matthews, Let's Sing Again, 
The Mine With the Iron Door. 

TANSEY, ROBERT 
1936: Roamin' Wild. 

TASKER. ROBERT 

1936: The Accusing Finger. 

TAYLOR, ERIC 

1937: Navy Blues. 
TAYLOR, REX 

1936: Sitting on the Moon. 

1937: The Mandarin Mystery. 
lAZIL, ZARA 

1936: Blazing Justice, Out- 
laws of the Range. 
TERHUNE, WILLIAM 

1936: Kelly the Second. 
THALBERG, SYLVIA 

1936 : A Son Comes Home. 



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THEW, HARVEY 

1936: The Trail of the Lone- 
some Pine. 
19.w: Four Days' Wondt-r. 

THOMAS, A. E. 

1936: Everyhodv's Old Man. 
1937: Good Old Soak. 

THOMAS, LOWELL 
1937: Killers of the Sea. 

THOMPSON, HARLAN 

1936: It's a Great Life, Rose 
of the Rancho. 

TOLNAY, AKOS 

1936: Thunder in the City. 

TOTMAN, WELLYN 

1936: Dancing Feet, Girl 
from Mandalay, Down to the 
Sea. 

TOWNE, GENE 

1936: The Case Against Mrs. 

Ames. 

1937: You Only Live Once, 

History is Made at Night. 

TOWNLEY, JACK 

1936: Silly Billies, Mummy's 

Boys. 

1937: Meet the Missus. 

TRAUB, JOE 
(Deceased) 
1936: Earthworm Tractors. 

IRIVERS, BARRY 

1936: Here Comes Trouble, 
Three Cheers for Love. 

TROTTI, LAMAR 

1936: Gentle Julia. The Coun- 
try Beyond, The First Baby, 
Pepper, Ramona, Career Wo- 
man, Can This Be Dixie?, 
Private Number. 
1937: This is My Affair, 
Slave Ship. 

TRUMBO, DALTON 

1936: Road Gang, Love Be- 
gins at Twenty. 
1937: Devil's Playground. 

TUGEND, HARRY 

1936: Captain January, Poor 
Little Rich Girl, Sing Baby 
Sing, Pigskin Parade. 
1937: Love is News, Wake 
Up and Live. 

TUPPER. TRISTRAM 

1937: Girl Overboard, Night 
Key. 

TWIST, JOHN 

1936: Yellow Dust, We Who 
Are About to Die, Wanted — 
Jane Turner, Another Face, 
The Last Outlaw, Coast Pa- 
trol. 

1937: Sea Devils, Outcasts of 
Poker Flat, The Toast of New 
York. 

URIS, MICHAEL H. 

1937: Four Days' Wonder. 

VAJDA, ERNEST 

1936: A Woman Rebels. 
1937: Personal Property. 

VAN DRUTEN, JOHN 

1937: Night Must Fall, Par- 
nell. 

VAN DYCK, TOM 

1936: Two-Fisted Gentleman, 
The Man Who Lived Twice, 
Alibi for Murder. 
1937 : Counterfeit Lady. 

VAN EVERY, DALE 

1936 : More Than a Secretary. 
1937 : Captains Courageous. 



VAN RIPER, KAY 

1937: A Family Affair. 

VAN UPP, VIRGINIA 

1936: Timothy's Quest. Too 
Many Parents, Poppy, My 
American Wife, Easy to Take. 
1937: Swing High — Swing 
Low. 

VEILLER, ANTHONY 

1930: The Lady Consents, 
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford, A Wo- 
man Rebels, Winterset. 

1937: The Soldier and the 
Lady. 

VON STROHEIM, ERIC 

1936: The Devil-Doll. 
WAGONER. GEORGE 

1936: Don't Get Personal, Sea 

Spoilers. 

1937: The Three Legionnaires. 

I Cover the War. 
WAGNER, JACK 

1936: Dancing Pirate. 
WALD. JERRY 

1936: Sons o' Guns, Sing Me 

a Love Song. 

1937: Ready Willing and Able. 
WALPOLE. HUGH 

1936: Little Lord Fauntleroy. 
WALSH, RAOUL 

1936: Big Brown Eyes, Spend- 
thrift. 
WALTER, EUGENE 

1936: Woman Trap. 
WARD, LUCI 

1936: The Law in Her Hands, 

Murder by an Aristocrat. 

193 7: Melody for Two, Moun- 
tain Justice. 
WARE, HARLAN 

1936: Yours for the Asking 

College Holiday. 

1937: Turn Off the Moon. 
WARSHAWSKY, SAMUEL J. 

1937: 23 J- 2 Hours Leave. 

WATKINS, MAURINE 

1936: Libeled Lady. 
WATSON, JOS. K. 

1936: Land Beyond the Law, 

Cherokee Strip, Echo Moun- 
tain. 

1937 : Melody for Two. 
WATSON, ROBERT 

1936: Secret Patrol, Stampede, 

Tugboat Princess. 
WEAD, FRANK 

1936: China Clipper. 

1937 : Sea Devils. 
WEEMS, WALTER 

1936: Conflict. 

WELCH. EDDIE 
1936: F-Man. 

1937: Murder Goes to College. 
Wild Money. 

WELLMAN, WILLIAM A. 
1936: Robin Hood of El Do- 
rado. 
1937 : A Star is Born. 

WEST, CLAUDINi:- 
1937: The Good Earth. 

WEST, MAE 

1936: Go West Young Man. 

WEST. NATHANAEL 

1936: Ticket to Paradise, Fol- 
low Your Heart, The Presi- 
dent's Mystery- 

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WESTON, GARNETT 

1936: Nevada. 
WHATELY, ROGER 

1937 : Driuns of Destiny 
WHITE, ROBERTSON 
1937: Once a Doctor. 



WILBUR, CRANE 

1936: Captain Calamity, Yel- 
low Cargo, We're in the Le- 
gion Now, Devil on Horse- 
back. 

1937: Navy Spy, Dance 
Charlie Dance, War Lord, 
Without Warning, Alcatraz 
Island, One More Tomorrow. 



WILSON, CAREY 

1937: Dangerous Numbers. 

WISE, WALTER 

1936: Sinner Take All. 

WISTER, WILLIAM 

1936: Black Legion. 

WOLFSON. P. J. 

1936: Love on a Bet, "The 

Lady Consents, The Bride 

Walks Out, That Girl from 

Paris. 

1937: Sea Devih, Shall We 

Dance. 

WOODS, WALTER 

1936: Sutter's Gold. 

WOOLF. EDGAR ALLAN 

1936 : Moonlight M u r d e r , 
Tough Guy, Mad Holiday. 

WRIGHT, GILBERT 

1937: The Californians. 

WYLER, ROBERT 

1937: Murder Goes to College, 
Last Train from Madrid. 

YATES, HAL 

1936: General Spanky. 
1937: Nobody's Baby. 

YAWITZ, PAUL 

1937: They Wanted to Marry. 

YELLEN. JACK 

1936: Sing Baby Sing, Pig- 
skin Parade. 

1937: Love is News, Wake 
Up and Live. 

YOST, DOROTHY 

1936: Murder on a Bridle 

Path, Bunker Bean, M'liss, 

That Girl from Paris. 

193 7: Racing Lady, Too Many 

Wives. 

YOST, ROBERT M. 

1936: Drift Fence, Preview 

Murder Mystery, Desert Gold, 

Forgotten Faces, The Arizona 

Raiders. 

1937: Let's Make a Million. 

Arizona IVIahoney. 

YOUNG, CLARENCE U. 
1936: The Plot Thickens. 

YOUNG, HOWARD IRVING 
1937: The Great Gamhini. 



YOUNG, WALDEMAR 

1936: Desire, Poppy, The 
Plainsman. 



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THEIR WORK ON FEATURES DURING 1936 AND THE 
FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 1937 



ABEL, DAVID 

1936: Follow the Fleet, Bun- 
ker Bean, Swing Time, Make 
Way for a Lady. 
1937: Criminal Lawyer, Shall 
We Dance. 

ANDERSEN, M. A. 

1936: King Around the Moon, 
Hitch Hike to Heaven, Tango, 
Mulder at Glen Athol, Britlge 
of Sighs, Little Red School 
House, Three of a Kind, Be- 
low the Deadline, August 
Week-End, The Dark Hour, 
Easy Money, It Couldn't 
Have Happened, Missing 
Girls, Brilliant Marriage, Lady 
Luck. 

ANDRIOT, LUCIEN 

1936: Case Against Mrs. 
Ames, The Gay Desperado, 
Charlie Chan at the Opera. 
1937: One the Avenue, Cafe 
Metropole, The Lady Escapes. 

ASH, JEROME 

1937: The Mighty Treve. 

AUGUST, JOSEPH 

1936: Every Saturday Night, 
Mary of Scotland, The Plough 
and the Stars. 

1937 : Sea Devils, The Soldier 
and the Lady, Fifty Roads to 
Town, Super Sleuth. 

BAIN, FRED 

1936: Roamin' Wild. 

BALLARD, LUCIEN 

1936: The King Steps Out, 
Craig's Wife. 

1937: I Promise to Pay, Dev- 
il's Playground^ Racketeers in 
Exile, Venus Makes Trouble, 
Girls Can Play. 

BARNES. GEORGE 

1936 : The Singing Kid, Love 
Begins at Twenty, Cain and 
Mabel, Black I/Cgion. 
1937 : Marked Woman, Ever 
Since Eve. 

BECKWAY. WILLIAJfl 

1936: Tugboat Princess. 
1937 : What Price Vengeance, 
Fury and the Woman. 

BRODINE, NORBERT 

1936: Don't Get Personal, 
Nobody's Fool, Libeled Lady. 
1937: Nobody's Baby, Pick a 
Star, Topper. 

BROWN, JAMES S., JR. 

1936: Hemes of the Range, 



Avenging Waters, The Fugi- 
tive Sheriff, The Unknown 
Ranger, Noith of Nome. 
1937: Trouble in Morocco, 
Law of the Ranger. 

CLARK, DANIEL B. 

1936: The Country Doctor, 
Charlie Clian at the Circus, 
Song- of the Saddle, Human 
t'argo. Champagne Charlie. 
Educating Father, Back to 
Nature, Pepper, Reunion. 
1937: The Holy Terror, Step 
Lively Jeeves!, Charlie Chan 
at the Olympics, Angel's Hol- 
iday, Born Reckless, Sing and 
Be Happy. 

CLARK, ROY 

1936: Dreaming Lips, Dom- 
inant Sex, Lilac Domino, Girl 
in the Taxi. 

CLARKE, CHARLES 

1936: Moonliglit Murder, Gar- 
den Murder Case, Trouble for 
Two, All American Chump. 
1937: LJnder Cover of Night, 
The Thirteenth Chair. 

CLEMENS, GEORGE 

1936: Klondike Annie, Desert 

Gold, Big Brown Eyes, Girl 

of the Ozarks, The Return of 

Sophie Lang, Wives Never 

Know. 

1937: Clarence. Hideaway Girl, 

Arizona Mahoney. 

CLINE, ROBERT 

1936: Hair - Trigger Casey, 
Desert Justice, West of Ne- 
vada, Romance Rides the 
Range, Men of the Plains. 
1937: Aces Wild. 

CORBY, FRANCIS 

1936: The Bohemian Girl. 

CORTEZ, STANLEY 

1937: Four Days' Wonder, 
The Wildcatter, Armored Car. 

CRONJAGER, EDWARD 

1936 : Special Investigator, 
Three Married Men, The Texas 
Rangers. One In A Million. 
1937: Wake Up and Live. 

CRUZE, HENRY 

1936: Desert Guns. 

DANIELS. WILLIAM 

1936: Rose Marie, Romeo and 

Juliet, Camille. 

1937: Personal Property. 

DAWN, NORMAN 

1936: Tundra. 

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DE GRASSE, ROBERT 

1936: Love on a Bet. Chatter- 
box, The Witness Chair, A 
Woman Rebels, Wanted — -Jane 
Turner. 

1937: Outcasts of Poker Flat, 
Quality Street. 

DE VINNA. CLYDE 

1936: Old Hutch. 
1937: Good OUl Soak. 

DIAMOND, JAMES 

(Deceased) 

1936: Gambling With Souls. 

1937: Death in the Air. 

DORAN, ROBERT 

1936: Racing Blood. 

DRAPER, LAURAN S. 

1936: She-Devil Island. 

EDESON, ARTHUR 

1936: The Golden Arrow, Sa- 
tan Met a Lady, Hot Money, 
China Clipper, Gold Diggers 
of 1937, Don't Pull Your 
Punches. 

1937: The Go Getter, They 
Won't Forget. 

FEINDEL, J. ARTHUR 

1936: Revolt of the Zombies. 

FISCHBECK, HARRY 

I93(>: ■I'iniuihy's Quest, Border 
Flight, Three Cheers for Love, 
My American Wife, The 
Jungle Princess. 
1937 : A Doctor's Diary, John 
Meade's Woman. The Crime 
Nobody Saw, King of the 
Gamblers, Last Train from 
Madrid. 

FLOYD, ARTHUR 

1936: Neighborhood House. 

FOLSEY, GEORGR 

1936: Hearts Divided, The 

Gorgeous Hussy. 

1937: The Last of Mrs. Chey- 

ney. 

FORBES. HARRY 

1936: ]3angeious Waters. Fed- 
eral Agent, Too Much Beef. 
1937: What Price Vengeance, 
I'ury and the Woman. 

FREULICH. HENRY 

1936: Don't Gamble With 
Love, Hell-Ship Morgan, The 
Lone Wolf Returns. And So 
They Were Married, Shake- 
down, Meet Nero Wolfe, Ad- 
venture in Manhattan, Come 
Closer Folks, More Than a 



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Secretary, Lady From No- 
where. 

1937: Women of Glamour, 
Let's Get Married. 

FREUND, KARL 

19.^7; The Good Earth, Par- 



FULTON, JOHN P. 

19.56: Tlie Invisible Ray, Sut- 
ter's Gold, Sea Spoilers. 

GAUDIO, TONY G. 

1936: Anthony Adverse, The 
White Angel, Gods Country 
and the Woman. 
1937: The King and the Chor- 
us Girl, Kid Gallahad, An- 
other Dawn. 

GERSTAD, MERRITT 

1936: Strike Me Pink, Girl's 
Dormitory, The Luckiest Girl 
in the World, The Magnifi- 
cent Brute. 

1937: Seventh Heaven, As 
Good as Married. 

GILKS, ALFRED 

1936: The Milky Way, And 
Sudden Death, Straight from 
the Shoulder. 
1937 : Riding On Air. 

GLENNON, BERT 

1936: The Prisoner of Shark 
Island, Little Miss Nobody, 
Half Angel, Dimples, Lloyds 
of London, Can "This Be 
Dixie? 

GOOD, FRANK B. 

1936: O'Malley of the Mount- 
ed, The Mine With the Iron 
Door, Border Patrolman, Isle 
of Fury, Daniel Boone. 
1937: Park Avenue Logger, 
Hollywood Cowboy. 

GOODFRIEND, PLINY 

1936: Fast Bullets. 

GREEN, HOWARD 

1936: The Trail of the Lone- 
some Pine, The Garden of 

Allah. 

GREENBAUGH, JACK 

1936: The Traitor. 

GREENHALGH, JACK 

1936: Timber War, Rogue of 
the Range, Border Caballero, 
Lightnin' Bill Carson, Racing 
Blood, The Lion's Den, Every- 
man's Law, Roarin' Guns. 
1937: Sing While You're Able, 
Lawless Land, Tough to Han- 
dle, Border Phantom, Any- 
thing for a Thrill. 

HALLER, ERNEST 

1936: Petticoat Fever, The 
Voice of Bugle Ann, Public 
Enemy's Wife. 

1937 : The Captain's Kid, the 
Great O'Malley. Call It a 
Day, Mountain Justice. 

HARLAN, RUSSELL 

1937: North of Rio Grande. 



HASKIN, BYRON 

1936: Colleen, I Married a 
Doctor, Stage Struck. 
1937: Green Light. 

HICKOX, SIDNEY 

1936: Fiesliman Love, Brides 
Are Like That, The Law in 
Her Hands, Trailin' West, 
Two Against the World, The 
Case of the Velvet Claws, Give 
Me Your Heart, Stolen Holi- 
day. 
1937: Slim. 

HOWE, JAMES WONG 

1936 : Whipsaw. 

1937: Fire Over England. 

HULL, EDWARD 

1936: The Dragnet. 

HUNT, J. ROY 

1936: We're Only Human, 
The Lady Consents, Muss 
'Em Up, The Ex-Mrs. Brad- 
ford, Walking on Air, The 
Bride Walks Out, Without 
Orders, Smartest Girl in 
Town, That Girl from Paris. 
1937: The Man Who Found 
Himself, Sea Devils, You 
Can't Buv Luck, New Faces 
of 1937. 

HYER, WILLIAM 

1936: Millionnaire Kid, Caryl 
of the Mountains, Outlaws of 
the Range, The Speed Re- 
porter, Rio Grande Romance, 
The Last Assignment, Rogues' 
Tavern, Prison Shadows, Kelly 
of the Secret Service, Racing 
Blood, Put on the Spot, Blaz- 
ing Justice. 

IVANO, PAUL 

1936: The Riding Avenger, 
Cavalcade of the West, Am- 
bush Valley. 

1937: Battle of Greed, The 
Hoosier Schoolboy. 

JACKMAN, FRED 

1936: The Charge of the Light 
Brigade. 

1937: Fugitive in the Sky. 

JACKSON, HARRY 

1936: Here Comes Trouble, 
In Paris A.W.O.L., Charlie 
Chan at the Race Track, The 
White Legion, In His Steps. 

1937: Think Fast Mr. Moto. 

JONES, ALLYN C. 

1936: Follow Your Heart. 

JUNE, RAY 

1936: Wife versus Secretary, 
Suzy, Born to Dance. 

1937: Espionage, Night Must 
Fall. 

KIRKPATRICK, HERBERT 

1936: Sunset of Power, For 
the Service, The Cattle Thief, 
The Cowboy and the Kid, Ride 
'Em Cowboy, Empty Saddles, 
Boss Rider of Gun Creek. 
1937: Sandflow. 

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KLINE, BENJAMIN 

1936: Pride of the Marines, 
Panic on the Air, The Pres- 
cott Kid. 

1937: Melody of the Plains, 
.Speed to Spare. 

KRASNER, MILTON 

1936: Laughing Irish Eyes, 
Forbidden Heaven, Mister Cin- 
derella, Crash Donovan, Yel- 
lowstone, Girl on the Front 
Page, Love Letters of a Star. 
1937 : She's Dangerous, We 
Have Our Moments, Myster- 
ious Crossing, Oh Doctor. 

KULL, EDWARD 
1936: Tundra. 

KULL, JACOB 

1936: Tundra. 

LANG, CHARLES 

1936; Desire. 

LANNING, REGGIE 

1936: Laughing Irish Eyes, 
The Harvester. 

LLOYD. ART 

1936 : Kelly the Second, The 
Bohemian Girl, General Span- 

ky. Way Out West. 

LONGNECKER, BERT 

1936: The Desert Phantom, 
Sundown Saunders, The Crime 
Patrol, Cavalry. 
1937: The Gun Ranger, The 
Trusted Outlaw, Bar Z Bad 
Men, Gun Lords of Stirrup 
Basin, Guns in the Dark, A 
Lawman is Born. 

LUNDIN, WALTER 

1936: General Spanky, Night 
Cargo, Way Out West. 

LYNCH, WARREN 
1936: Smart Blonde. 
1937: Midnight Court. 

LYONS, CHESTER 

(Deceased) 

1936: Robin Hood of El 
Dorado, Ramona, White Hun- 
ter. 

LYONS, EDGAR 

1936: Darkest Africa, Go Get 
'Em Haines. 

1937: The Old Corral. 

MacKENZIE, JACK 

1936: The Last Outlaw, Don't 
Turn 'Em Loose, Mummy's 
Boys, Great Guy. 

McCORD. TED 

1936: Feud of the West, 
Trailin' West. 

1937: Fugitive in the Sky, 
Guns of the Pecos. 

McGILL, BARNEY 

1936: Everybody's Old Man, 
Song and Dance Man, The 
First B.nhy. The Country Be- 
yond, High Tension, 'Thank 
You Jeeves, Crack-Up. 



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• • • 



1937: Laughing at Trouble, 
Off to the Races, Midnight 
Taxi. 

MACKENZIE. JACK 

1936: Two in Revolt, Hi 

daucho. 

1937: 23^ Hours Leave, Meet 

the Missus. 

MARLEY, PEVERELL 

1936: It Had to Happen, One 

Rainy Afternoon, Private 

Number, Sing Baby Sing, 

Winterset. 

1937: Women of Glamour. 

MARSH, OLIVER T. 

1936: The Creat Ziegfeld, San 
Francisco, Women Are Trouble, 
His Brother's Wife, Love on 
the Run, After the Thin Man. 
1937 : Maytime. 

MARTA, JACK 

1936: The House of a Thou- 
sand Candles, King of the 
Pecos, The Leavenworth Case, 
Dancing Feet, The Leather- 
necks Have Landed, Girl fiom 
Mandalay, Hearts in Bondage, 
Navy Born, The Gentleman 
from Louisiana, Bulldog Edi- 
tion, The Bold Caballero. 
1937: Larceny on the Air, 
Paradise Express, Circus Girl, 
Navy Blues, Ghost Town Gold, 
Michael O'Halloran, Jim Han- 
vey — Detective. Riders of the 
Whistling Skull. 

MARTINELLI, ARTHUR 

1936: I Conquer the Sea. Just 
My Luck, The Glory Trail, 
Rebellion. 

1937: Old Louisiana, Mile a 
Minute Love, Drums of Des- 
tiny. 

MATE, RUDOLPH 

1936: Charlie Chan's_ Secret. 
A Message to Garcia, Our 
Relations, Dodsworth, Come 
and Get It. 

1937: Outcast. 

MEEHAN, GEORGE 

1936: Dangerous Intrigue, 
Secret Patrol, Alibi for Mur- 
der, Stampede, Legion of Ter- 
ror. 
1937: Parole Racket. 

MELLOR, WILLIAM C. 

1936: Woman Trap, Collegiate. 
The Sky Parade, Poppy, A 
Son Comes Home. 
1937: Champagne Waltz, 
Make Way for Tommorw. 

MESCALL, JOHN 

1936: Showboat, Follow Your 

Heart. 

1937: The Road Back. 

METTY, RUSSELL 
1936: Night Waitress. 
1937: They Wanted to Marry. 
Behind the Headlines, You 
Can't Beat Love. 



MILLER, ARTHUR 

1936: White Fang, 36 Hours 
to Kill, Pigskin Parade, Stow- 
away. 
1937: Wee Willie Winkie. 

MILLER, ERNEST 

1936 : The Leavenworth Case, 
The Leathernecks Have Land- 
ed, Dancing Feet, The House 
of a Thousand Candles, Girl 
from Mandalay, Hearts in 
Bondage, Navy Born, Ticket 
to Paradise, Sitting on the 
Moon, The Gentleman from 
Louisiana, The President's 
Mystery, Country Gentlemen, 
Happy Go Lucky, Guns and 
Guitars. 

1937: A Man Betrayed, Two 
Wise Maids, Join the Marines, 
The Hit Parade, Come on 
Cowboys!, Rhythm in the 
Clouds, Affair of Cappy Ricks. 

MILLER, VIRGIL 

1936: Drift Fence. 
1937: Find the Witness. 

MILNER, VICTOR 

1936: Give Us This Night, 
'Til We Meet Again, The 
General Died at Dawn, The 
Plainsman. 

1937: Bulldog Drummond Es- 
capes. 

MOHR, HAL 

1936: The Walking Dead, 
Bullets or Ballots, The Green 
Pastures. 

MORGAN. IRA H. 

1936 : Modern Times, I'd Give 
My Life, Along Came Love. 
1937: Girl Overboard, The 
Three Legionnaires, The Girl 
Said No, Damaged Goods. 

MORGAN, WILLIAM 

1936: M'liss. 

MURRAY, JAMES V. 

1936: I Cover Chinatown. 

MUSURACA, NICHOLAS 

1936: The Farmer in the Dell, 
Two in the Dark, Silly Billies, 
Murder on a Bridle Path, 
Second Wife, The Plot Thick- 
ens. 

1937: We're on the Jury, Too 
Many Wives, China Passage, 
Border Cafe. 

NEUMAN, HARRY 

1936: Penthouse Party. Let's 

Sing Again, Down to the 

Sea, Dizzy Dames, Wild Brian 

Kent. 

1937: California Straight A- 

head. It Happened Out West, 

I Cover the War. 

NOBLES. WILLIAM 

1936: The Return of Jimmy 
Valentine, The Lawless Nine- 
ties, Doughnuts and Society. 
Comin' 'Round the Mountain, 
Darkest Africa. The Singing 
Cowboy, Winds of the Waste- 

304 



land, The Three Mesquiteers, 
The Lonely Trail. 
1937: Bill Cracks Down, Be- 
ware of Ladies, Round-up Time 
in Texas, Roarin' Lead, Root- 
in' Tootin' Rhythm, Danger- 
ous Holiday, The Big Show. 

O'CONNELL, L. WILLIAM 

1936: Koad Gang, The Big 
Noise, Treachery Rides the 
Range, Times Square Playboy, 
Bengal Tiger, Polo Joe, King 
of Hockey. 

1937: Penrod and Sam, Once 
a Doctor. 

O'DONNELL, JOSEPH 

1936 : Aces and Eights. 

PALMER, ERNEST G. 

1936: Gentle Julia, Under Two 
Flags, The Crime of Dr. 
Forbes, Star for a Night, 
Banjo On My Knee, Can This 
Be Dixie? 
1937: Slave Ship. 

PETERSON, GUS 

1936: The Oregon Trail, Song 

of the Gringo, Headin' for Rio 

Grande. 

1937: Arizona Days, Trouble 

in Texas, Git Along Little Do- 

gies. 

PITTACK, ROBERT 

1936: Pennies from Heaven, 
Mind Your Own Business. 

1937: Midnight Madonna, Girl 
from Scotland Yard. 

PLANCK, ROBERT 

1936: The Last of the Mo- 
hicans, We Who Are About to 
Die, Career Woman. 
1937: Time Out for Romance, 
Woman Wise, That I May 
Live, This is My Affair. 

POLITO, SOL 

1936: Colleen. The Petrified 
Forest, Sons O' Guns, Charge 
of the Light Brigade, Three 
Men on a Horse. 
1937 : Ready Willing and Able, 
The Prince and the Pauper. 

PRICE, ROLAND 

1937: Lash of the Penitentes. 

REED, ARTHUR 

1936: Frontier Justice, .Swifiy. 
Song of the 'I'rail. Morn lo 
Fight, I Cover Chinatown, 
Wildcat Trooper, With Love 
and Kisses. 
1937: Death in the Air. 

REYNOLDS, BEN 

1936: It's a Great Life. 

ROBINSON, GEORGE 

1936: The Invisible Ray. Sut- 
ter's Gold, Dracula's Daughter, 
Parole, Postal Inspector, Easy 
to Take. 

1937: When's Your Birthday?, 
Night Key, The Road Back. 



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ROOSEVELT, ANDRE 

193;: White Gods. 

ROSE, JACKSON 

1936: Three Wise Guys. 
1937: Mama Steps Out. 

ROSHER, CHARLES 

1936: Little Lord Fauntleroy. 
1937: Men Are Not Gods, The 
Woman I Love. 

ROSSON. HAROLD 

1936: The Ghost Goes West, 
The Devil is a Sissy, The 
Garden of Allah. 
1937: Captains Courageous, 
They Gave Him a Gun, The 
Emperor's Candlesticks. 

RUTTENBERG, JOSEPH 

1936: Man Hunt. The Three 
Godfathers, Fury, Piccadilly 
Jim, Mad Holiday. 
1937: A Day at the Races. 

SCHNEIDERMAN, GEORGE 

1936 : The Devil is a Sissy. 

SCHOENBAUM, CHARLES 

1936: Rainbow on the River, 
Secret Valley. 

SCHOPP, HERMAN 

1937: Killers of the -Sea. 

SEAWRIGHT. ROY 

1936 : Neighborhood House. 

SEIGLER, ALLEN C. 

1936: Blackmailer, Killer at 
Large. 

SEITZ, JOHN 

1936 : The Country Doctor, 
Captain January, Poor Little 
Rich Girl, IS Maiden Lane. 

1937 : Between Two Women. 

SELDEEN, MURRAY 

1937 ; The Mandarin Mystery. 

SHAMROY, LEON 

193h: Soak the Rich. Fatal 

Lady, Spendthrift, Wedding 

Present. 

1937 : Her Husband Lies, You 

Only Live Once, The Great 

Gambini. 

SHARP, HENRY 

1936: Early to Bed, Lady Be 
Careful, The Accusing Finger. 
1937: Murder Goes lo College. 
Hotel Haywire, Wild Money. 

SIEGLER, ALLEN 

1936: The Calling of Dan 
Matthews, You May Be Next, 
Roaming Lady, Trapped by 
Television, The Case of the 
Black Cat. 

1937: Woman in Distress, 
Counterfeit Lady, Motor Mad- 
ness. 

SKALL, WILLIAM V. 

1936: Dancing Pirate, Ra- 
mona. 



SMITH, LEONARD 

1936: Tough Guy. Tarzan 
Escapes, The Devil-Doll, Sin- 
ner Take All. 

1937: Dangerous Number, 
Song of the City. 

SNYDER, EDWARD 

1936: The Harvester. 
1937: Girl Loves Boy, Big 
Business, Sweetheart of the 
Navy. 

SPARKUHL, THEODOR 

1936: 13 Hours by Air. For- 
gotten Faces, Yours for the 
Asking, Big Broadcast of 1937, 
College Holiday. 

1937: Internes Can't Take 
Money. 

STENGLER, MACK 

1936: Captain Calamity, Yel- 
low Cargo, Devil on Horse- 

1937': Navy Spy, The Gold 
Racket, Bank Alarm. 

STOUT, ARCHIE J. 

1936: Call of the Prairie, 

Three on the Trail, Nevada, 

Heart of the West, Hopalong 

Cassidy Returns, Sea Spoilers, 

Conflict, Trail Dust. 

1937: Borderland, Hills of Old 

Wyoming. 

STRUSS, KARL 

1936: Too Many Parents, 
Anything Goes, The Preview 
Murder Mystery, Rhythm on 
the Range, Hollywood Boule- 
vard, Go West Young Man. 
1937: Let's Make a Million, 
Waikiki Wedding, Mountain 
Music. 

STUMAR, JOHN 

1936: Devil's Squadron, Coun- 
terfeit, End of the Trail, Two 
Fisted Gentleman. 



TETZLAFF, TED 

1936: Lady of Secrets, Love 
Before Breakfast, Princess 
Comes Across, My Man God- 
frey, Murder With Pictures. 
1937: Swing High — Swing 
Low, Turn Off the Moon. 

THOMPSON, ALLEN 

1936: Sunset of Power, For 
the Service, The Cowboy and 
the Kid, Ride 'Em Cowboy, 
Empty Saddles, Boss Rider of 
Gun Creek. 
1937 : Sandflovv. 



TODD, ARTHUR 

1936: Boulder Dam, The 
Murder of Dr. Harrigan, 
Snowed Under, Jailbreak. 
Murder by an Aristocrat, 
Earthworm Tractors, Down 
the Stretch, Here Comes Car- 
ter!, Sing Me A Love Song. 
1937: Melody for Two, Men 
in Exile. 



TOLAND, GREGG 

1936: These Three, Strike Me 
Pink, The Road to Glory, 
Come and Get It, Beloved En- 
emy. 

1937: History is Made at 
Night, Woman Chases Man. 

TOTHEROH, ROLLIE 

1936: Modern Times. 

TOVER, LEO 

1936: Rose of the Rancho. 
F-Man, Florida Special, The 
Arizona Raiders, Valiant is 
the Word for Carrie. 
1937: Maid of Salem, I Met 
Him in Paris. 

VALENTINE, JOSEPH A. 
1936: The Unguarded Hour. 
The Moon's Our Home, Two 
in a Crowd, The Man I Marry. 
1937: Three Smart Girls, 
Wrings Over Honolulu. 

VAN TREES, JAMES C. 
1936: Her Master's Voice, 
The Unguarded Hour, Palm 
Springs, They Met in a Taxi, 
The Man Who Lived Twice, 
Career Woman, Flying Host- 

1937: Let Them Live! 

WAGNER, SIDNEY 

1936: LTnder Two Flags. Sins 
of Man, To Mary — With Love, 
Under Your Spell. 
1937: Fair Warning. 

WALKER, JOSEPH 

1936: The Music Goes 'Round, 
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, 
Theodora Goes Wild. 
1937: When You're in Love, 
Lost Horizon, There Goes My 
Girl. 



WALKER, VERNON 

1936: Grand Jury, Without 
Orders. 



WARRENTON, GILBERT 

1937: Breezing Home, Head- 
line Crasher, Draegerman 
Courage. 



WHITE, LESTER 

1936: Exclusive Story, Abso- 
lute Quiet, Speed. We Went 
to College, Sworn Enemy, The 
Longest Night. 
1937: A Family Affair. 



WILD, HARRY 

1936: The Big Game. 

1937: Racing Ladv, Don't Tell 

The World. 



WOLCOTT, EARL A. 

193(1 : Yellow Dust. 



WYCKOFF, ALVIN 

1936: The Bold Caballero. 



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FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 1937 



ALLEN. FRED 

1936: Every Saturday Night, 
Centle Julia. The Country 
Beyond, Pepper, Under Your 
Spell, Crack-Up. 
1937: Step Lively Jeevesl, 
Charlie Chan at the Olympics. 

AMY. GEORGE 

1936: Charge of the Light 
Brigade. 

193/: Kid Calahad. .Mountain 
Justice. 

AUSTIN, WILLIAM 

1936: Secret Patrol, Stam- 
pede, Tugboat Princess. 
1937: Fury and the Woman. 
What Price \engeance. 

BAIN, FRED 

1936: Desert Guns. Night 
Cargo. Fast Bu lets. Caryl of 
the Mountains, Millionaire Kid, 
Headin' for Rio Grande. 

1937: Arizona Days. Trouble 
in Texas. 

BARRAT. DONALD 

1936: The Glory Trail, Re- 
bellion. 

1937: Old Louisiana, Battle 
of Greed. 

BENNETT. HUGH 

1936 : Rose of the Rancho, 
And Sudden Death. 
1937: Maid of Salem. 

HERMAN. HENRY 

1936: Follow the Fleet, Swing 

Time. 

1937: Quality Street. 

BIGGS. DOUGLAS 

1936: The Dragnet. 

BISCHOFF, ROBERT 

1936: The Trail of the Lone- 
some Pine, Wedding Present. 
1937: John Meade's Woman, 
Her Husband Lies, The Great 
Gambini. 

BOEMLER. GEORGE 

1936: The Voice of Bugle 
Ann, Suzy. Mad Holiday. 
1937: A Family At^'air, Mama 
Steps Out. 

BOOTH. MARGARET 
1936: Romeo and Juliet, Ca- 
tnille. 

BROOKS. ARTHUR A. 

1936: Doughnuts and Society, 
Desert Justice, Cavalcade of 
the West. 
1937: Aces Wild. 

BROWN, L. R. 

1936: Everyman's Law. 

BURTON. BERNARD 

1936: Showboat, The Man I 

Marry. 

1937: Oh Doctor. 



CAHN, PHIL 

1936: Postal Inspector, The 
Girl on the Front Page, Pa- 
role ! 

1937: The IMighty Treve. Girl 
Overboard. As Cnod as Mar- 
ried. 

CAHOON. RICHARD 

1936: Pride of the Marines, 
Counterfeit, The Prescott Kid. 

CALDWELL, DWIGHT 

1936: Avenging Waters. The 
Cattle Thief, The Unknown 
Ranger, The Fugitive Sheriflf, 
North of Nome. 
1937: Trouble in Morocco. 
Law of the Ranger. 

CARRUTH. MILTON 

1936 : Dracula's Daughter, Two 
in a Crowd. 

CHEESEMAN. TED 

1936: Wanted — Jane Turner. 
1937: We're on the Jury, Out- 
casts of Poker Flat. "i'ou 
Can't Beat Love. 

CLAIRE, ROY 

1936: The Desert Phantom. 
1937: A Lawman is Born. 
Border Phantom. 
Rogue of the Range, Cavalry. 

CLANCY, MARGARET V. 

1936: One Rainy Afternoon, 

The Gay Desperado. 

1937: History is Made at 

Night. 

CLARK, ALBERT O. 

1936: Dangerous Intrigue, 
Ticket to Paradise, Black- 
mailer, End of the Trail, More 
Than a Secretary, Legion of 
Terror. 
193 7: Let's Get Married. 

CLEMENS. WILLIAM 

1936: The Murder of Dr. 
Harrigan. 

COHN, MARTIN G. 

1936: Racing Blood, With 

Love and Kisses. 

1937: Sing While You're Able. 

Headline Crasher, Tough to 

Handle. 

CRAFT, CHARLES 

1936: Down to the Sea, The 
Gentleman from Louisiana, 
Bulldog Edition, Secret Val- 
ley. 

1937: California Straight A- 
ht-ad. I Cover the War. 

CRANDALL, ROBERT 

1936: Let's Sing Again, The 

Border Patrolman, Wild Brian 

Kent, King of the Royal 

Mounted, Rainbow on the 

River. 

1937: Park Avenue Logger, 

Hollywood Cowboy. 

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CRONE. GEORGE 

1936: Two in the Dark, Sec- 
ond Wife, Make Way for a 
Lady. 
1937: New Faces of 1937. 

CROSS, FRANK 

1937: Armored Car. 

CURLEY, HELEN 

1936: Romance Rides the 
Range. 

CURRIER, RICHARD 

1936: Woman Trap. 'Ti' We 

Meet Again, Wives Never 

Know. 

1937: A Doctor's Diary. 

CURTIS, EDWARD 

1936: The Road to Glory, 
Come and Get It. 

CURTISS. RAYMOND 

1936: Go West Young Man. 
1937: Outcast, Midnight ISIa- 
douna. 

DAWSON. RALPH 

1936: Anthony Adverse, Three 
Men on a Horse. 
1937: The Prince and the Pau- 
per. 

DE GATENO, ALFRED 

1936: Song and Dance Man, 
LitMe Miss N'obody. The First 
Baby, Ramona. 
1937: Woman Wise. Time 
Out for Romance, Midnight 
Taxi, Big Business. 

de GRASSE, ROBERT 

1936: M'liss. 

DE MAGGIO, NICK 

K'.^6: Cliarlie Chan's Secret, 

Champagne Charlie, Charlie 

Chan at the Race Track, 

Thank You Jeeves. 

1937: Laughing at Trouble. 

The Holy Terror, Angel's 

Holiday. 

DENNIS, TACK 

1936: Timothy's Quest, Neva- 
da, The Last of the Mohicans. 

DEWAR, FRANK 

1937: Fugitive in the Sky, 
Guns of the Pecos. 

DIETRICH, RALPH J. 

1936: Under Two Flags, To 
Mary — With Love, Ladies in 
Love. 

DIXON, RALPH 

1936: Dancing Feet, The 
House of a Thousand Candles. 
Hearts in Bondage, Daniel 
Boone. 

DMYTRYK, EDWARD 

1936: Too Many Parents, 



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Three Cheers for Love, Easy 
to Take. 

19,17: Murder Goes to College. 
Turn Off tlie Moon. 

DOUGLASS, EVERETT 

1936: Straight from the Shoul- 
der. 

iy.i7: I^ast Train from Ma- 
drid. 
ENGLISH, JACK 

1936: Lightnin' Bill Carson. 
FANTL. DICK 

1936: Darkest Africa, Navy 

Born. 

19.1/: Parole Racket. 
FRITCH, HANSON 

1936: Crash Donovan, Banjo 

On My Knee. 

1937: Fifty Roads to Town. 
FRITCH. PETE 

1935 : Mary Burns — Fugitive. 
GARRETT. OTIS 

U'3 7: 15reezing Home, Night 

Key. 

GIBBONS. JAMES 

1936 : Fresliman Love. Sons 

O' Guns, Give Me Your Heart. 

1937: Call It a Day, Green 

Light. 
GILMORE, STUART 

193 7: Wild ]\roney. 
GODDARD. GRACE 

1937: The ^landarin Mystery. 
GOULD, DOUG 

1936: Earthworm Tractors. 

1437: Ready Willing and Able. 
GRAY, WILLIAM S. 

1936: The Great Ziegfeld, 

Piccadilly Jim, Sinner Take 

All. 
GROSS. FRANK 

1937: She's Dangerous, W'e 

Have Our Moments. The 

W^ildcatter. 
HAMILTON. WILLIAM 

1936: Winterset. 

193 7 : Shall We Dance. 
HARRISON, DOANE 

1936: Collegiate, 13 Hours by 

Air. 
HASSE, LOUIS 

1936: Man Hunt, Murder by 

an Aristocrat. 

HAVLICK, GENE 

1936: Mr. Deeds Goes to 
Town. 

1937: Lost Horizon. 

HAYES, W. DONN 
1936 : Tarzan Escapes. 
1937: Espionage, The Thir- 
teenth Chair, Between Two 
Women. 

HEISLER, STUART 

1936: Klondike Annie, Poppy, 
Big Broadcast of 1937. 

HELD. TOM 

1936: San Francisco, The 
Devil is a Sissy. 

HENKEL, CHARLES 

1936: Men of the Plains, 
Stormy Trails. 

HESS, WILLIAM 

1937: Melody of the Plains. 

HESSE, LOUIS 

1936: Down the Stretch, Here 
Comes Carter 1 



HILTON. ARTHUR 

1936: O'Malley of the Mount- 
ed, Mine With the Iron Door. 

HIMM. CARL 

1936; Swifty. Feud of the 

West, The Speed Renorter. 

193 7 : Death in the Air. 
HISSERICH. C. A. 

1936: Drift Fence. 
HIVELY, GEORGE 

1936: The Farmer in the Dell. 

Special Investigator, The Last 

Outlaw, Walking on Air, The 

Plow and the Stars. 

1937: Vou Can't Buy Luck. 
HIVELY, JACK 

193(): Muss 'Em Up, Murder 

on a Bridle Path, Bunker 

Bean, Grand Jury, Smartest 

Girl in Town. 

1937: Don't Tell the Wife. 

The Man Who Found Him- 
self, Criminal Lawyer. Border 

Cafe. 
HOAGLAND, ELLSWORTH 

1936: Give Us This Night, 

Rhythm on the Range, The 

Jungle Princess. 
HOFMAN. OLIVE 

1937: ll Happened Out W'est. 
HOLMES. WILLIAM 

1936: Hearts Divided, Cain 

and Mabel. 

1937: The Go Getter. Ever 

.Since Eve. 
HORSLEY, ERMA 

1937: California Straight A- 

head. 

HOUSE. CHANDLER 

1936: Desert Gold. Border 
Flight. The Arizona Raiders, 
A Son Comes Home, The 
Accusing Finger. 

HULL. FRANK E. 

1936: Wife versus Secretary, 
The LTn'jua'-ded Hour. Three 
Wise Guys, Al American 
Chump. Sworn Enemy. 
1937: A Day at the Races. 

HUNT. CHARLES 
1936: Federal Agent. 

JAHNS. ROBERT 

1936: The Leathernecks Have 

Landed. 

1937: The Gold Racket. 

JOHNSTON, MILDRED 

1936 : Penthouse Party, Dizzy 
Dames. 

JOHNSTONE, HARVEY 
1937: King of (iamhlers. 

lORDAN, BERT 

1936: The Bohemian Girl, 
Our Relations. Way Out West. 

KENT, TED 

1936: Next Time We Love. 
Showboat, My Man Godfrey, 
The Magnificent Brute. 
1937: Three Smart Girls, The 
Road Back. 

KERN, HAL C. 

1936: The Garden of Allah. 

KERN. ROBERT J. 

1936: Robin Hood of El 

Dorado, Trouble for Two, The 

Longest Night, After the Thin 

Man. 

1937: Night Must Fall. 

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KILLIFER, JACK 

1936: Road Gang, Times 
Square Playboy. Bullets or 
Ballots. God's Country and 
the Woman. 

1937: Marked Woman, Drae- 
german Courage. 

KNUDSTON, FREDERICK 

1936: Hi Gaucho. Two in 
Revolt, The Big Game. 

1937: The Soldier and the 
Lady. Meet the Missus. 

KOLSTER. CLARENCE 

1936: Brides Are Like That. 
The Law in Her Hands, Hot 
Money. 

1937: Once a Doctor. 
LAW, WARREN 
1936: Isle of Fury. 

LAWRENCE. VIOLA 

1936: L;:d,, of Secrets, The 
Lone Wo f Returns. The King 
Steps Out, Craig's Wife. 

1937 : Devil's Playground, 
Speed to Spare. 

LEE, ROLAND 

1936 : Easy Money. 
LEVY. HERBERT 

1936: A MessTge to Garcia, 
Half Angel, Dimples. 

LEWIS. BEN 

1936: The Garden Murder 
Case, Moonlight Murder. 
1937: Personal Property, They 
Gave Him a Gun. 

LIVINGS-TON, ROY 

1937 : Xavy Blues, Danger- 
ous Holiday. 

LOCKERT. JOHN 

19.^6: Silly Billies, The Plot 
Thickens. Mummy's Boys. 
LOEFFLER, LOUIS 

1936: Here Comes Trouble. 
Human Cargo. Educating 
Father, High Tension, 36 
Hours to Kill, Can This Be 
Dixie?, Career Woman. 
1937: Fair Warning. 

LOFTUS BERNARD T. 

1936: Sunset of Power. The 
Cowboy and the Kid, Empty 

Saddles. 

1937: Sandtlow. 

LONGNECKER, BERT 

1936: The Last of the War- 
rens. 

LORING. JANE 

1936: A Woman Rebels. 

LOVERING. OTHO 

1936: Valiant Is The Word 
for Carrie. 

1937: I Met Him in Paris. 
LOW. WARREN 

1936: The White Angel. 
1937: The Great O'Malley. 

LUBY. S. ROY 

1936: .Sundown .Saunders, The 
Last of the Warrens. 
1937 : The Gun Ranger. Law- 
less Land. Bar Z Bad Men, 
The Trusted Outlaw, Guns in 
the Dark. Gun Lords of Stir- 
rup Basin. 
LYON, WILLIAM A. 
1936: Alibi for Murder. 
1937 : Find the Witness. 



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McGEE, FRANK 

J936: Treacliery Rides 
Range. 
McGUIRE, GEORGE 

1936: Mind Your Own Busi- 

1937 : Girl from Scotland 
Yard. 

Mcknight, ann 

1937 : White Gods. 

McLEAN. BARBARA 

193.6: The Country Doctor, 
Sins of Man, Sing Baby Sing, 
Lloyds of London. 
1937: Seventh Heaven. 

McLERNON, HAROLD 

1936: Song of the Saddle, 
Snowed Under, Jailbreak, 
Bengal Tiger, King of Hock- 
ey. 

McMANUS, LOUIS 

1936: The Bohemian Girl. 

McNeill, allen 

1936: Private Number, The 

White Hunter. 

1937: On the Avenue, This is 

My AiTair. 
MAGEE, FRANK 

1936: Smart Blonde, The Case 

of the Black Cat. 

1937 : Midnight Court. 
MANDELL, DANIEL 

1936: These Three, 

worth. 

1937: You Only Live 

Woman Chases Man. 



Dods- 
Once, 



MANN, EDWARD 

1937: Larceny on the Air, 
Michael O'Halloran, Rhythm 
in the Clouds. 

MANSFIELD, DUNCAN 

1936: I'd Give My Life, In 
His Steps. 

MARKS, OWEN 

1936: The Petrified Forest. _ I 
Married a Doctor, China Clip- 
per, Black Legion. 
1937: Slim. 

MARQUETTE, DESMOND 
1936: Love on a Bet, With- 
out Orders, Night Waitress. 
1937: They Wanted to Marry, 
Too Many Wives, China Pas- 
sage. There Goes My Girl. 

MARSHEK, ARCHIE 

1936: We're Only Human, 
Dancing Pirate. 

MARTINELLI, ANTHONY 
1936: Captain Calamity, Yel- 
low Cargo. 

1937: Navy Spy, Rootin' 
Tootin' Rhvthm, Riders of the 
Whistling Skull. 

MEYER, OTTO 

1936: Hell-Ship Morgan. 
Roaming Lady, Meet Nero 
Wolfe, Adventure in Manhat- 
tan, Theodora Goes Wild. 
1937: Women of Glamour, 
Racketeers in Exile. 
MILFORD, GENE 

1936: The Music Goes 'Round. 



And So They Were Married, 
They Met in a Taxi, Shake- 
down. 
1937 : When You're in Love. 

MILNER, DANIEL 

1936: The Return of Jimmy 
Valentine, The Leavenworth 
Case, Rio Grande Romance, 
Rogues' Tavern, Prison Shad- 
ows, Kelly of the Secret Ser- 
vice, Put On the Spot. 

MORGAN, WILLIAM 

1936: The Witness Chair, 
Don't Turn 'Em Loose, That 
Girl from Paris. 
1937: Jim Hanvey — Detective, 
Affairs of Cappy Ricks. 

MORLEY, JAMES 
1936: Yellow Dust. 
1937: Racing Lady. 

MORRA. IRENE 

1936: Captain January, White 
Fang, Pigskin Parade. 

MORSE, TERRY 

1936: The Big Noise, Love 

Begins at Twenty, Stolen 

Holiday, Sing Me a Love 

Song. 

1937: Men in Exile. 

MURRAY, JACK 

1936: The Prisoner of Shark 
Island, Poor Little Rich Girl, 
Girls' Dormitory, Reunion. 

NEFF, THOMAS 

1936: The Dragnet, Tundra. 
1937: The Girl Said No. 



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NERVIG, CONRAD A. 

1936: Exclusive Story, Abso- 
lute Quiet, Women Are 
Trouble, His Brother's Wife. 
1937: May time. The Em- 
peror's Candlesticks. 

NEVILLE, EARL 

1936: The Crime Patrol. 

NEVILLE, JOHN 

1936 : The Lion's Den. 

NEWCOMB, JAMES E. 

1936: Tough Guy, We Went 
to College. 

NIMS, ERNEST J. 

1936: Bridge of Sighs, Follow 
Your Heart, Country Gentle- 
men. 

1937: Join the Marines, Two 
Wise Maids, Beware of La- 
dies, The Hit Parade. 

NOSLER, LLOYD 

1936: Everybody's Old Man. 
1937: Slave Ship. 
O'DONNELL, JOSEPH 

1936: Ghost Patrol, The 
Traitor. 

OGILVIE. JACK 

1936: Kelly the Second, For- 
bidden Heaven, Mister Cin- 
derella, Conflict. 
1937: When's Your Birthday?, 
Riding on Air. 

ORLEBECK, LESTER 

1936: King of the Pecos, 
Comin' 'Round the Mountain. 
The Singing Cowboy, The 
Lonely Trail, The Bold Ca- 
ballero. Guns and Guitars. 
1937: Join the Marines, Cir- 
cus Girl, The Hit Parade, 
Ghost Town Gold, Round-up 
Time in Texas, The Old Cor- 
ral, Come On Cowboys ! 

PALMER, ERNEST 

1936: The Crime of Dr. Forbes. 

PIERSON, CARL F. 

1936 : I Cover Chinatown. 

PRATT, THOMAS 

1936: The Walking Dead, 
The Golden Arrow, Public 
Enemy's Wife. 
1937: Penrod and Sam. 

RAWLINS, JOHN 

1936: You May Be Next, 
Devil's Squadron, The Final 
Hour, Pennies from Heaven. 
1937: Let Them Live! 

REED, ROLAND 

1936: Tango, Hitch Hike to 
Heaven, Ring Around the 
Moon, Little Red School 
House, Three of a Kind, Be- 
low the Deadline, It Couldn't 
Have Happened, August 
Week-End, The Dark Hour, 
Missing Girls, Brilliant Mar- 
riage, Lady Luck. 

RICHARDS, THOMAS 

1936: Boulder Dam. The 
Singing Kid, Stage Struck, 
Gold Diggers of 1937. 
1937: The King and the Chor- 
us Girl. 

ROBBINS, EDWARD 

1936; Along Came Love. 

ROBERTS, ARTHUR 

1936: The Ex-Mrs. Bradford, 



The Bride Walks Out, We 
Who Are About to Die. 
1937 : Sea Devils. 

ROBINSON, BYRON 

1936: Crash Donovan, The 
Man Who Lived Twice. 
1937: Woman in Distress, Mo- 
tor INLidness, Girls Can Play. 

ROGERS, JOHN B. 

1937: Song of the City. 

RUST, HENRY 

1937: The Woman I Love. 

SAFER, JACK 

1936: The Case of the Velvet 
Claws. 

1937: The Captain's Kid, Mel- 
ody for Two. 

SCHMIDT. ARTHUR 
1936: Chatterbox. 
1937: Clarence. Hideaway Girl, 
Hotel Haywire. 

SCHOENGARTH. RUSSELL 
1936: Great Guy. 
1937: 23!'2 Hours Leave. 

SCHROEDER, EDWARD 
1936: Call of the Prairie. 
Three on the Trail, Heart of 
the West. 

1937: Girl Loves Boy, Mile a 
Minute Love, Sweetheart of 
tlie Navy. 

SELDEEN, MURRAY 

1936: Don't Get Personal, 
Laughing Irish Eyes, Danger- 
ous Waters, The Harvester, 
The President's Mystery. 
1937: The Big Show. 

SEWELL, BLANCHE 

1936: Rose Marie, Small Town 

Girl, The Gorgeous Hussy, 

Born to Dance. 

1937: Dangerous Number. 
SHEA, WILLIAM 

1936: Desire, Hollywood 

Boulevard, Rose Bowl. 

1937: Bulldog Drummond Es- 
capes. 
SIMPSON, ROBERT 

1936: Her Master's Voice, 

Follow Your Heart, The 

President's Mystery, One in 

a Million. 

1937: Wake Up and Live. 
SMITH, FREDERICK Y. 

1936: Petticoat Fever. The 

Devil-Doll, Libeled Lady. 

1937: Parnell. 
SMITH, JAMES 

1936 : Preview Murder Case, 

Florida Special. 

1937: The Crime Nobody Saw, 

Arizona Mahoney. 
SNYDER. RAY 

1936: Neighborhood House, 

General Spanky. 

1937: .Vnhody's Baby. 
SPENCER, DOROTHY 

1936: The Case Against Mrs. 

Ames, Luckiest Girl in the 

World. 
STENGLER, MACK 

1937: Bank Alarm. 
STONE, LE ROY 

1936: The Milky Way. 

SULLIVAN. FRANK 

1936: The Three Godfathers, 
Fury, Old Hutch, Love on the 
Run. 



1937: The Last of Mrs. Chey- 
ney. Good Old Soak. 

SWEENEY, JAMES 

1936: Don't Gamble With 
Love, Panic on the Air, Trap- 
ped by Television, Two-Fisted 
Gentleman, Lady from No- 
where. 

1937: I Promise to Pay, 
Counterfeit Lady, Venus 
Makes Trouble. 

TERHUNE, WILLIAM 
1937: Pick a Star. 

THOMPSON, WALTER 
1936: Tundra. 
1937: Wee Willie Winkie. 

THOMPSON, WILLIAM 
1937: Roarin' Lead. 

TODD. HOLBROOK 

1936: Blazing Justice, Out- 
laws of the Range, Border 
Caballero. 
1937: Damaged Goods. 

TODD. SHERMAN 

1936: Strike Me Pink, Be- 
loved Enemy. 

TROFFEY, ALEXANDER 

1936: Charlie Chan at the 
Circus, The Crime of Dr. 
Forbes, Star for a Night, 15 
Maiden Lane, Charlie Chan 
at the Opera. 

1937: Off to the Races, Think 
Fast :Mr. Moto. Born Reck- 
less. 

TURNER, HELENE 

1936: Just My Luck. 
193 7 : Killers of the Sea. 

ULBACH, FINN 

1937: The Three Legionnaires, 
Drums of Destiny. 

VERNON, ELMO 

1937 : Captains Courageous. 
WARREN. EDA 

1936: Anything Goes, The 
General Died at Dawn. 

1937: .Swing High — Swing 
Low. 

WARWICK, ROBERT 

1937: Borderland, Hills of Old 
W y o m i n g , North of Rio 
Grande. 

WEATHERWAX, PAUL 

1936: It's a Great Life, F- 
Man, My American Wife. 
1937 Champagne Waltz, 

Waikiki Wedding. 

WEBER, HENRY 

1936: Happy Go Lucky. 

WEEREN, HANS 

1936: Roamin' Wild. 

WRANGELL, BASIL 

1936: Tarzan Escapes, Whip- 
saw, Tlie Good Earth. 
1937: The (K)od Earth. 

WRAY, RICHARD G. 

1936: Timber Wai^r Song of 
the Trail, Born to Fight, 
Wildcat Trooper. 
1937: Anything for a Thrill. 

WRIGHT, MAURICE E. 
1936: Love Before Breakfast, 
Nobody's Fool, Yellowstone. 
1937: Wings Over Honolulu. 

ZOCKLING, LEO 

1936: Soak the Rich. 



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COMPOSERS — LYRICISTS — SUPERVISORS 



ADAaiSOX, HAROLD 

THE VOICE OF BUGLE ANN — There's a 
Home in the Mountains; There's No Two Ways 
About It. 

THE GREAT ZIEGFELD — You. You Never 
Looked So Beautiful: She's a Follies Girl; It's 
Been So Long. 

SUZY — Did I Remember? 

PICCADILLY JIM — In the Shadow of an Old 
Oak Tree. 

BANJO ON MY KNEE — Where the Lazy River 
Goes By; There's Something' in the Air; Banjo 
On My Knee. 

TOP OF THE TOWN — Top of the Town; Jam- 
boree; Blame It on the Rhumba; That Foolish 
Feeling; Where Are You?; There's No Two Ways 
About It; Fireman Save My Child; Breezingr 
Home. 

AKST, HARRY 

THE HOLY TERROR — There I Go Again: 
Don't Know Myself Since I Know You ; Don't 
Sing — Everybody Swing; The Call of the Siren. 

CRACK-UP — Top Gallante. 

CAN THIS BE DIXIE ?— Pick-Pick-Pickaninny ; 
Uncle Tom's Cabin is a Cabaret Now; Does Yon 
Wanna Go to Heaven: It's Julep Time in Dixie- 
land. 

STAR FOR A NIGHT — Down Around Malibu 
Way; Over a Cup of Coffee; At the Beach at 
Malibu. 

THINK FAST MR. MOTO — The Shy Violet. 

WILD AND WOOLLY — Whoa Whoopie, Whoa 
Whippie. 

SING AND BE HAPPY — Music and Lyrics. 

ALTER, LOUIS 

DIZZY DAMES — Love is the Thing; The Mar- 
tinique; I Was Taken by Storm. 

TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE — Twilight 
on the Trail; Melody from the Sky. 

SING, BABY, SING — ^You Turned the Tables 
on Me. 

RAINBOW IN THE RIVER — You Only Live 
Once: A Thotisand Dreams of You. 

VOGUES OF 19.38 — The King of Jam. 

ANTHEIL, GEORGE 

Original Music: Make Way for Tomorrow, The 
Plainsman, The Buccaneer. 

ANDERSON, R. ALEX 

PICK A STAR — Music and lyrics. 

ARLEN, HAROLD 

STRIKE ME PINK — The L-dy Dances; Cala- 
bash Pipe: If I Feel This Way Tomorrow; Then 
It's Love; First You Have He High. 

THE SINGING KID — My How This Country 
Has Changed; I Like to Song-A: Save Me Sister. 

STAGE STRUCK — In Your Own Quiet Way; 
You'd Be Kinda Grandish; The New Parade. 

GOLD DIGGERS OF 19.37 — Speaking of _the 
Weather; Life Insurance; Let's Put Our Heads 
Together. 



ARCHANGELSKY, A. 

SINS OF MAN — Invocation; Weddinp 



Song. 



ARNAUD, LEO 

A DAY AT THE RACES — Choral and orches- 
tral arrangements. 



.\STAIRE, FRED 

I'm Building Up for an Awful Let Down: I'll 
Never Let You Go: Just One More Dance, 
Madame. 

AISTIX. (JENE 

KLONDIKE ANNIE — Mister Deep Blue Sea. 

.M TRY, GENE 

SINGING VAGABOND — Wagon Train; Fare- 
well Friends of the Prairie. 

ROUGH RIDING RHYTHM — Dying Cowgirl; 
That Tumble Down Shack; I Hate to Say Good- 
bye to the Prairie. 

AXT, DR. WILLLVM 

Naught.v Marietta; David Copperfield; Old 
Hutch; Under Cover of Night; Susy; Libeled 
Lady: Parnell: London By Night: Between Two 
Women. 

B.ASSMAN, GEORGE 

A DAY AT THE RACES — Orchestrations. 

BEXJAailX, ARTHl R 

Music Arrangement: Wings of the Morning. 

BERLIN, IRVIXG 

TOP HAT — Cheek to Cheek: Piccolino: Isn't 
This a Lovely Day; Top Hat, White Tie and 
Tails. 

FOLLOW THE FLEET — We Saw the Sea; Get 
Thee Behind Me Satan: Let Yourself Go; I'd 
Rather Lead a Band: Here Am I. But Where 
Are You?; I'm Putting All M.v Eggs in One 
Basket; Let's Face the Music and Dance. 

ON THE AVENUE — Girl on the Police Gazette; 
You're Laughing at Me; This Year's Kisses; 
Slumming on Park Avenue; I've Got My Love 
to Keep Me Warm; He Ain't Got Rhythm. 

BERNARD, FELIX 

OFF TO THE RACES — Meet the Family. 

BOrXELJE, PHIL 

PRINCESS COMES ACROSS — My Concertina. 

SWING HIGH, SWING LOW — If It Lsn't Pain, 
It Isn't Love; Panamania; I Hear a Call to 
Arms: Turn Off the Moon. 

BRADLEY, OSCAR 

Musical Director; The Man Who Broke the 
Bank at Monte Carlo, Professional Soldier. 

BRADSHAW. CHARLES 

Musical Director: Trail Dust. 



BREXXAX, J. KERIX 

RHYTHM ON THE RANGE- 



-Empty Saddles. 



BROWX, LEW 

STRIKE ME PINK — The Lad.v Dances; Cala- 
bash Pipe; If I Feel This Way Tomorrow Then 
It's Love; First You Have Me High. 

NEW PACES OF 19.37 — Love is Never Out 
of Season; It Goes to Your Feet; Penthouse on 
Third Avenue. 

VOGUES OF 1938 — That Old Feeling. 

BROWX, XACIO HERB 

BROADWAY MELODY OF 1936 — You Are My 
Lucky Star; Sing Before Breakfast; I Gotta 



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Feeliii' Ydu'rc Foolin': Broadway Rhythm: On 
a Suiulay Aftirnoon. 

A NIGHT AT THE OPERA — Alone. 

CHINA SEAS — China Seas. 

SAN FRANCISCO — Would Yotl ? 

AFTER THE THIN MAN — Smoke Dreams. 

BROADWAY MELODY OP 10:57 — A Pair of 
New Shoes: Feelins Like a Million: Sun Showers: 
Your Broadway and Mine: Words and Music. 

THE DEVIL IS A SISSY — Say Ah ! 

BULLOCK. W.VLTER 

POOR LITTLE RICH GIRL — When I'm With 
You: Wlu'u Did You Leave Heaven? 
NOBODY'S BABY — Lyries. 
NEW PACES OF lf),37 — Widow in Lace. 

lU'RKK, JOHNNY 

GO WEST YOUNG MAN — I Was Sayinjr to 
the Moon: On a Typical Tropical Nig-ht: Go 
West Yoimg' Man. 

PENNIES PROM HEAVEN — Pennies fro 
Heaven: One-Two Button My Shoe: So Do I: 
Skeleton in the Closet: Let's Call a Heart a 
Heart. 

THE GREAT MADONNA — Music and lyrics. 

BIRNETTE. SMILEY 

SINGING VAGABOND — Wasron Train: Fare- 
well Friends of the Prairie. 

HITCH-HIKE LADY — Marchins: Feet. 

RED RIVER VALLEY — Red River Sweet- 
lieart : Keen Goin' Little Pony: Hand Me Down 
My Trusty Forty-five. 

BrXTOLPH. n.AVID 

Musical Director: Everybody's Old Man: Love 
Is News: Pisrskin Parade: Fifty Roads to Town: 
Nanc.v Steele is Missing. 

C.VKSAK. IKVINO 

STOWAWAY — That's What I Want for Christ- 
mas. 

C.4KMICH.\EL. HO.AOIR 

TOPPER — Old Man Moon. 



('L.\KE, SIDNEY 

PEPPER — Sontr of the Coyotes. 

BRIGHT EYES — On the Good Ship Lollipop: 
Little Miss Nobody. 

CRIME OP DR. FORBES — Doctor Sonsr. 

HIGH TENSION — And That Woman Made a 
Monkey Out of Me. 

SONG AND DANCE MAN — ^I'ou're My Fa- 
vorite One: On a Holiday in My Pla.vroom: Join 
the Party: Let's Get Going-: Ain't He Good 
Lookinsr: Dancing: in the Open. 

CAN THIS BE DIXIE? — Pick-Piek-Pickaninny : 
Uncle Tom's Cabin is a Cabaret Now; Does You 
Wanna Go to Heaven: It's Julep Time in Dixie- 
land. 

STAR FOR A NIGHT — Down Around Malihii 
Way: Over a Cup of Coffee: At The Beach at 
Malibu. 

THINK FAST MR. MOTO — The Shy Violet. 

WILD AND WOOLLY — Whoa WHioopie. Whoa 
Whippie. 

SING AND BE HAPPY — Music and Lyiics. 

COLIMBO. .ALBERTO 

Musical Director: Two in Revolt: Tlic Hit 
Parade. 

CONN, DIUHE.ART 

BLACK GOLD — Black Gold: She Knows Every- 
thing-. 

SONG OF THE TRAIL — Song- of the Trail: 



My Heart's on the Plains: Let Me Whisper My 
Love: Nell Was the B(>Ile of the Prairie. 

rOXR.AD, CON 

THE GREAT ZIEGFELD — Music for Harriett 
Hoctor ballet. 

HERE'S TO ROMANCE — Here's to Romance: 
Midnig-ht in Paris. 

HEART OF THE WEST — My Heart's in the 
Heart of the West. 

COSLOW. S.AJI 

RHYTHM ON THE RANGE — You'll Have to 
Swing: It. 

HEART OF THE WEST — My Heart's in the 
Heart of the West. 

KLONDIKE ANNIE — My Medicine Man. 

FATAL LADY — Je Vous Adore; Brazilian 
Love Song:. 

POPPY — Poppy. 

THE TEXAS RANGERS — Texas Rangrers' 
Songr. 

MAKE WAY FOR TOMORROW — Make Way for 
Tomorrow. 

TURN OFF THE MOON — Easy on the Eyes: 
Janmiin': Turn Off the Moon: That's Southern 
Hospitality. 

MOUNTAIN MUSIC — If I Put My Heart in 
My Song^: Good Mornin': Can't You Hear the 
Moiuitain Music: Thar She Goes. 

SWING HIGH — SWING LOW — I Hear a Call 
to Arms. 

(le P.AC'KH, MAIRICE 

Orchestrial Arrang-pments: The Soldier and the 
Lady. 

CRUZE, JULIE 

THE GOLD RACKET — I'd Like to be the But- 
f(;ns on Your Vest. 

DEUTSCH, ADOLPH 

Music and arrang-ements: They Won't Forget. 

DIETZ, HOW.ARD 

UNDER YOUR SPELL — Under Your Spell; 
Amigo: Jly Little Mule Wagon. 

DIXON. MORT 

IN CALIENTE — In Caliente: The Lady in Red; 
To Call You My Own. 

LITTLE BIG SHOT — I'm a Little Big- Shot 
Now. 

WERE IN THE MONEY — So Nice Seeing- You 
Ag-ain. 

BRIGHT LIGHTS — Toddlin' Along: With You; 
You're An Eyeful of Heaven. 

I LIVE FOR LOVE — I Live for Love; Mine 
Along; Silver Wing's. 

DONALDSON, W.ALTER 

THE GREAT ZIEGFELD — You. You Never 
Looked So Beautiful: You Gotta Pull Stringrs; 
Queen of the Jting-le. 

HERE COMES THE BAND — Tender Is the 
Ni-i-ht. 

SUZY — Did I Remember? 

PICCADILLY JIM — In the Shadow of an Old 
Oak Tree: Love Began. 

SINNER TAKE ALL — Id Be Lost Without 
You. 



DREVER. D.VVE 

ON AGAIN. OFF AGAIN- 



-Song 



Dl BIN. .\L 

IN CALIENTE — Muehacha. 

BROADWAY GONDOLIER — The Rose in Her 
Hair: Lonely Gondolier; Outside of You; Lultl's 
Back in Town ; You Can Be Kissed : Flag-en- 
heim's Odorless Cheese. 

SHIPMATES FOREVER — Don't Give Up tiie 



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Ship: I'd Rather Listen to Yoiir Eyes: I Love 
to Take Ortlers from Yott : Do I Love My Teach- 
er; All Aboard the Navy. 

STARS OVER BROADWAY — Where Am I, 
Am I in Heaven?; You Let Me Down; At Your 
Service. Madame. 

COLLEEN — I Don't Have to Dream Apain; 
You Gotta Know How to Dance; Summer Nig'ht; 
Boulevardier from the Bronx. 

PAGE MISS GLORY — Paere Miss Glory. 

SWEET MUSIC — Sweet Music. 

SING ME A LOVE SONG — Summer Night; 
That's the Least You Can Do for a Lady: The 
Little House That Love Built. 

SONS O' GUNS — For a Buck and a Quarter a 
Day. 

HEARTS DIVIDED — Hearts Divided: My King:- 
dom for a Kiss. 

CAIN AND MABEL — I'll Sing You a Thou- 
sand Love Song's; Cone.v Island; Here Comes 
Chiquita. 

GOLD DIGGERS OP 1037 — All's Fair in Love 
and War: Plenty of Money and You. 

MR. DODD TAKES THE AIR — Remember Me: 
Am I In Love; The Girl You Used to Be; Here 
Comes the Sandman; If I Were a Little Pond 
Lily. 

MARKED WOMAN — Music and Lyrics. 

EDENS, ROGER 

Musical arrangements: Born to Dance; A Day 
at the Races. 

FAIN. SAMMY 

GOIN' TO TOWN — Love is Love in Any Wom- 
an's Heart: Now I'm a Lady; He's a Bad Man. 

NEW FACES OF 1937 — Love is Never Out 
of Season; It Goes to Your Feet; Penthovise on 
Third Avenue. 

VOGUES OF 1938 — That Old Feeling. 

FIELDS, DOROTHY 

EVERY NIGHT AT EIGHT — Take It Easy; 
Strictly Confidential: I'm in a Mood for Love: 
I Feel a Song Comin' O-n ; It's Great to Be in 
Love Again. 

I DREAM TOO MUCH — I Dream Too Much; 
Little Jockey on the Carou.sel; I'm the Echo; 
I Got Love. 

THE KING STEPS OUT — Stars in My Eyes; 
Madly in Love. 

SWING TIME — The Way You Look Tonight; 
Bojangles of Harlem; Waltz in Swing Time; A 
Fine Romance. 



FORBES, LOU 

Musical Director 



Night Key; Oh Doctor. 



FORBSTEIN. LEO 

Musical Director: Anthony Adverse: Polo Joe; 
The Charge of the Light Brigade; The Great 
O'Malley; Stage Struck, Holiday; They Won't 
Forget; Marked Woman; Call It a Day; The 
Prince and the Pauper; The Go Getter; Kid 
Galahad, Slim, Confession, Ever Since Eve. 

FRANKLIN, ARTHUR 

Arrangements: Waikiki Wedding. 

FORREST, CHET 

SINNER TAKE ALL — I'd Be Lost Without 
You. 

MAYTIME — Special lyrics. 
SARATOGA — Saratoga. 
LONDON BY NIGHT — Lyrics. 

FREED, ARTHUR 

BROADWAY MELODY OF 1936 — You Are 
My Lucky Star; Sing Before Breakfast; I Gotta 
Feelin' You're Foolin' ; Broadway Rhythm : On 
a Sunday Afternoon. 

A NIGHT AT THE OPERA — Alone. 



CHINA SEAS — China Seas. 

SAN FRANCISCO — Would You? 

BROADWAY MELODY OF 1937 — A Pair of 
Now Shoes; Feeling Like a Million; Sun Showers; 
Your Broadwa.v and Mine: Words and Music. 

AFTER THE THIN MAN — Smoke Dreams. 

THE DEVIL IS A SISSY — Say Ah ! 

FREED. R.\LPH 

COLLEGE HOLIDAY — Sweetheart Waltz: 
Who's That Knocking at My Heart? 

HIDEAWAY GIRL — Two Birdies Up a Tree. 

HER HUSBAND LIES — No More Tears; You 
Gambled With Love. 

KING OF GAMBLERS — I'm Feelin' High. 

GENSLER, LEWIS 

ONE HOUR LATE— I Can't Imagine Me With- 
out You. 

OLD MAN RHYTHM — Old Man Rhythm; I 
Never Saw a Better Night; There's Nothing Like 
a College Education; Boys Will Be Boys; When 
You Are in My Arms; Comes the Revolution 
Baby. 

SHIP CAFE — A Fatal Fascination; I Won't 
Take No for an Answer; It's a Great Life; 
Lazy Bones Gotta Job Now; I Lost My Heart. 

GERSHWIN, IRA 

SHALL WE DANCE — Slap That Bass; Shall 
We Dance; They All Laughed; I've Got Be- 
ginner's Luck; Let's Call the Whole Think Off; 
They Can't Take That Away from Me. 

GILBERT, WOLFE L. 

TOAST OF NEW YORK — Music and lyrics. 

GORDON, MACK 

PALM SPRINGS — Will I Ever Know? 

LOVE IN BLOOM — ^My Heart is an Open 
Book; Here Comes Cookie; You Got Me Doing 
Things; Let Me Sing You to Sleep With a Love 
Song. 

STOLEN HARMONY — ^Would There Be Love; 
Let's Spill the Beans. 

PARIS IN THE SPRING Bon Jour Mam'selle; 

Paris in the Spring; Why Do They Call It Gay 
Paree?; Jealousy. 

TWO FOR TONIGHT — Without a Word of 
Warning: From the Top of Your Head to the 
Tip of Your Toes: I Wish I Were Aladdin; You 
Hit the Spot; Who Am I; My Grandfater's 
Clock; I Feel Like a Feather in the Breeze; 
Rhythmatic. 

BIG BROADCAST OF 1936 — It's the Animal 
in Me. 

FLORIDA SPECIAL — It's You I'm Talking 
About. 

POOR LITTLE RICH GIRL — Oh My Good- 
ness; Buy a Bar of Barry's; When I'm With 
You; But Definitely; Peck's Theme Song; You 
Gotta Eat Your Spinach; Military Man. 

STOWAWAY — You've Gotta Smile to be Happy; 
One Never Knows; Good Night My Love; I 
Wanna Go to the Zoo. 

FIFTY ROADS TO TOWN — Never in a Million 
Years. 

WAKE UP AND LIVE — Wake Up and Live; 
Never in a Million Years; It's Swell of You; 
Oh But I'm Happy; I'm Bubbling Over; There's 
a Lull in My Life; I Love You Too Much too 
Much. 

THIS IF MY AFFAIR — Music and lyrics. 

GREY, HARRY 

Musical Supervisor: Laughing Irish Eyes; Fol- 
low Your Heart: Dancing Feet; Sitting on the 
Moon; Happ.v Go Lucky; Navy Blues; Circus 
Girl: Two Wise Maids; The Hit Parade. 

GRIER. JIMMY 

Musical Arrangements: Nobody's Baby. 



MUSIC COMPOSERS 



HAMMERSTEIN. OSCAR II 

SWEET ADELINE — Don't Ever Leave Me; 
Here Am I; Lonely Feet: Out of the Blue: Sun 
About to Rise; 'Twas Not So Long: Ag-o; Why 
Was I Born ? ; We Were So Younir. 

HANDMAN, LOU 

THE HIT PARADE — Last Nisht I Dreamed 
of You. 

HARBURG. E. Y. 

THE SINGING KID — My How This Country 
Has Changed: I Love to Sing: — A: Save Me 

STAGE STRUCK — In Your Own Quiet Way: 
You'd Be Kinda Grandish: The New Parade. 

HART. LORENZ 

DANCING PIRATE — Are You My Love?: 
When You're Dancing: the Waltz. 

MISSISSIPPI — Down by the River: Easy to 
Remember. 

HATLEY. M.ARVIN 

Musical Score: General Spanky: Way Out West: 
Nobody's Baby: Pick a Star: Topper. 

HAUTZIK, SELMA 

RAINBOW ON THE RIVER — Flowe^ Song. 

HEATH, AL 

SING WHILE YOU'RE ABLE— You're My 
Strongest Weakness. 

HELLER, HERM.AX 

Musical Score: Yellowstone: Conflict: Sea 
Spoilers; The King and the Chorus Girl. 

HEXDERSOX. CH.4RLES 

Vocal Arranger: Top of the Town; New Faces 
of 1937. 

HEYMAN, EDWARD 

THAT GIRL FROM PARIS — Call to Arms: 
Love and Learn: Seal it With a Kiss: Nephew 
from Nice: Moonface. 

ANYTHING GOES — Moonburn. 

HEYM.4X, WERXER RICH.4RD 

CARAVAN — Ha-cha-eha; Happy I Am Happy: 
Wing Song. 

CURLY TOP — It's All So New to Me: When 
I Grow Up. 

HILL, BILLY 

RHYTHM ON THE RANGE — -Empty Saddles. 

HIRSCH. WALTER 

THE HIT PAR.A.DE — Last Night I Dreamed of 
You. 

HOLLANDER. FREDERICK 

POPPY^ — Poppy. 

THE MOON'S OUR HOME — The Moon's Our 
Home. 

JUNGLE PRINCESS — Moonlight and Shadows. 

ANYTHING GOES — My Heart and I; Shanghi- 
Dee-Ho. 

DESIRE — Awake in a Dream. 

HOXEGGER, ARTHUR 

Musical Score : The Woman I Love 

HOWARD, HAROLD 

ANGEL'S HOLIDAY — They Blew Themselves 
Out of Breath. 

HUMPHREY, CLAUDIA 

TRAIL DUST — Trail Dust: Take Me Back to 
the Wide Open Spaces. 



IXGRAHAM, ROY 

SING WHILE YOU'RE ABLE — One Girl In My 
Arms Is Worth A Million In My Dreams. 

JACKSON, HOWARD 

Musical Director: The Music Goes 'Round, The 
King Steps Out. 

JEROME, M. K. 

SMART BLONDE — Why Do I Have to Sing a 
Torch Song. 

TWO AGAINST THE WORLD — The Moon Does 
Things to Me. 

THE CAPTAIN'S KID — I'm the Captain's Kid; 
Drifting Along. 

HERE COMES CARTER — You On My Mind: 
Through the Courtesy of Love. 

TREACHERY RIDES THE RANGE — Ridin' 
Home: Leather and Steel. 

TRAILIN' WEST — Moonlight Valley: Drums of 
Glory. 

GUNS OP THE PECOS — When a Cowboy Takes 
a Wife: The Prairie Is My Home. 

PONY EXPRESS RIDER — Love Begins at 
Evening: Ridin' the Mail. 

ROMANCE IN THE AIR — Dangerous Rhythm: 
A Table for Two; The Girl Who Keeps the Goats. 

KID GALAHAD — The Moon Is In Tears To- 
night. 

EVER SINCE EVE — ^Music and lyrics. 

JOHXSTOX, ARTHUR 

THANKS A MILLION — Sugar Plum; New Or- 
leans; Thanks A Million: Sing Brother Sing: 
Sittin' On A Hilltop. 

GO WEST YOUNG MAN — I Was Saying to 
the Moon; On a Tpical Tropical Night; Go West 
Young Man. 

PENNIES FROM HEAVEN — Pennies from 
Heaven: One-Two-Button M.v Shoe; So Do I: 
Skeleton in the Closet; Let's Call a Heart a 
Heart. 

THE GREAT MADONNA — Music and lyrics. 

JURMAXX, WALTER 

ESCAPADE — You're All I Need. 

SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco. 

A DAY AT THE RACES — On Blue Venetian 
Waters; A Message from the Man in the Moon; 
Tomorrow Is Another Da.v. 

THREE SMART GIRLS — Someone to Care for 
Me; My Heart Is Singing. 

K.\H.4L, IRVIXG 

SWEET MUSIC — Every Day: Don't Go on a 
Diet; Good Green Acres of Home; Winter Over 
Night: There's a Different You in Your Heart; 
Sweet Music. 

K.\HX, GUS 

KID MILLIONS — When My Ship Comes In; An 
Earful of Music; Okay Toots; The Ice Cream 
Fantasy. 

THANKS A MILLION — New O'Leans; Thanks 
a Million, Sittin' on a Hilltop: Sugar Plum: 
Pocketful of Sunshine. 

ESCAPADE — -You're All I Need. 

LOVE ME FOREVER — Love Me Forever. 

NAUGHTY MARIETTA — Additional lyrics. 

SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco. 

MAYTIME — Additional lyrics. 

HER MASTER'S VOICE — With All My Heart. 

A DAY AT THE RACES — On Blue Venetian 
Waters: A Message from the Man in the Moon: 
Tomorrow Is Another Day. 

THREE SMART GIRLS — Someone to Care for 
Me : My Heart Is Singing. 

CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS — Don't Cry Little 
Fish ; Portugese lyrics. 

GIRL OF THE GOLDEN WEST — Soldiers of 
Fortune. 



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THEY GAVE HIM A GUN- 
Coiild Care for Me. 



-To Think You 



KALMAR, BERT 

BRIGHT LIGHTS — She Was an Acrobats 
Daufrhter. 

HAPPINESS AHEAD — Window Cleaners' Song-. 

WALKING ON AIR^Let's Make a Wish, My 
Heart Wants to Dance, Cabin on the Hill-top. 



Day: It Must Be Love: We Happen to be the 
Army: Now You're Talking- My Language. 

KORNTJOLD, ERICH WOLFGANG 

GIVE US THIS NIGHT — Sweet Melody of 
Night: I Mean to Say I Love You: My Love and I. 
THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER — Music. 

KREUDER, PETER 

CONFESSION — Music, score and songs. 



KAPER, BRONISLAW 

ESCAPADE — You're All I Need. 

SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco. 

A DAY AT THE RACES — On Blue Venetian 
Waters; A Message from the Man in the Moon; 
Tomorrow Is Another Day. 

THREE SMART GIRLS — Someone to Care for 
Me; My Heart Is Singing-. 

KAY, EDDIE 

Musical Director: With Love and Kisses, Sing 
While You're Able. 

KAYE. ARTHUR 

Musical Director 
Said No. 



Daniel Boone; The Girl 



KAYLIN, SAMUEL 

Musical Director: Champagne Charlie: Charlie 
Chan at the Circus: The Country Beyond; The 
Crime of Dr. Forbes; Educating Father; Every 
Saturday Night; The First Baby; Gentle Julia: 
Here Comes Trouble; High Tension; Human 
Cargo; Little Miss Nobody; The Song and Dance 
Man; Career Woman; Crack-Up; 15 Maiden Lane; 
Off to the Races; Can This Be Dixie?; Charlie 
Chan at the Opera; Back to Nature: Charlie Chan 
at the Race Track; Fair Warning; Holy Terror; 
Laughing at Trouble; Pepper; Star for a Night; 
Thank You Jeeves: 36 Hours to Kill; Woman 
Wise; Charlie Chan at the Olympics: Think Fast 
Mr. Moto; Big Business; Angel's Holiday: The 
Lady Escapes: Wild and Woolly: One Mile from 
Heaven: Sing- and Be Happy: Born Reckless. 

KERN, JEROME 

I DREAM TOO MUCH — I Dream Too Much; 
Little Jockey on the Carousel; I'm the Echo; I 
Got Love. 

SWEET ADELINE — Don't Ever Leave Me; 
Here Am I; Lovely Feet: Out of the Blue; The 
Sun About to Rise: 'Twas Not So Long Ago; 
Why Was I Born; We Were So Young. 

SWING TIME — The Way You Look Tonight: 
Boj angles of Harlem: Waltz in Swing Time: 
Pick Your.self Up; A Fine Romance. 

KERNELL, WILLIAM 

CHARLIE CHAN AT THE OPERA — Carnival, 
Then Farewell: Carnival, and Romantic Love; 
Carnival. King and Country Call. 

RAMONA — La Fiesta; Blessed Be the Dawning; 
Under the Redwood Tree; How the Rabbit Lost 
His Tail. 

KILEXYI, DR. EDWARD 

Musical Score : Zamboanga. 
KISCO, CHARLEY 

ROSE BOWL — Sons of Sierra. 
PREVIEW MURDER MYSTERY — Promise 
With a Kiss. 

KOBI, SAM 

PARADISE ISLE — Mu.sic. 
KOEHLER, TED 

KING OF BURLESQUE — I'm Shooting High; 
I've Got My Fingers Crossed; Lovely Lady; 
Spreadin' Rhythm Around: Whose Big Baby Are 
You? 

DIMPLES — Hey — What Did the Blue Jay Say?; 
He Was a Dandy; Picture Me Without You; 
Dixieanna. 

23i,i HOURS LEAVE — Good Night My Lucky 



LAIDLAW, BETTY 

RENFREW OF THE MOUNTED — Tale of Love: 
Barbecue Bill Was a Mountie; We're Mounted 
Men. 



SANDFLOW — We Are the Rangers. 
WALLABY JIM OF THE ISLANDS — Fair 
Hawaii: When a Bluejack Rides the Waves. 
THE WHITE RIDER — Original score. 
IN TOWN TONIGHT — Songs 
THE MOTHER — Songs. 

LANE, BURTON 

HIDEAWAY GIRL — Dancing Into My Heart. 

COLLEGE HOLIDAY- — The Sweetheart Waltz; 
Who's That Knocking at My Heart? 

HER HUSBAND LIES — No More Tears; You 
Gambled With Love. 

KING OF GAMBLERS— I'm Feelin' High. 

SWING HIGH — SWING LOW — Panamania. 

LANGE, ARTHUR 

Musical Director: The Daring Young Man; 
Doubting Thomas; It's a Small World; Little 
Colonel: One More Spring: Orchids to You: 
Spring Tonic; Under the Pampas Moon: The 
Great Ziegfeld: It Had to Happen: Thanks a 
Million; Great Guns; Under Your Spell: The 
Magnificent Brute; Girl's Dormitory; The White 
Hvmter; Banjo On My Knee; On the Avenue; 
This Is My Affair. 

LAWNHURST 

ACCENT ON YOUTH — Accent on Youth. 
THE MAN ON THE FLYING TRAPEZE — The 
Man on the Flying Trapeze. 

LEE, CONNIE 

WITH LOVE AND KISSES — With Love and 
Kisses. 

SING WHILE YOU'RE ABLE — Sing While 
You're Able; Leave It Up to Uncle Jake; Just a 
Country Bo.v at Heart. 

LESTER, EDWIN 

Musical Advisor; The Girl Said No. 

LEVANT, OSCAR 

CHARLIE CHAN AT THE OPERA — Carnival. 
Then Farewell: Carnival, and Romantic Love; 
Carnival, and Country Call. 

LE ROUX, BUDDY 

WITH LOVE AND KISSES — Sweet. 
SING WHILE YOU'RE ABLE — You're My 
Strongest Weakness. 



LIVELY, ROBERT 

RENFREW OF THE MOUNTED — Tale of Love; 
Barbecue Bill Was a Mountie; We're Mounted 
Men. 

SANDFLOW — We Are the Rangers. 

WALLABY JIM OF THE ISLANDS — Fair 
Hawaii: When a Bluejack Rides the Waves. 

THE WHITE RIDER — Original score. 

IN TOWN TONIGHT — Songs. 

THE MOTHER — Songs. 



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LOEKNER. FRANK 

VOGUES of 1938 — Lovely One. 

MoHUGH. JIMMY 

EVERY NIGHT AT EIGHT — Take It Easy: 
Strictly Confidentially; I'm in a Mood for Love: 
I Feel a Song' Coming' On: It's Great to be in 
Love Apain. 

KING OP BURLESQUE — I'm Shooting' Hig-h; 
I've Got My Pingrers Crossed: Lovely Lady: 
Spreadin' Rhythm Around; Whose Big' Baby Are 
You? 

DIMPLES — Hey — What Did the Blue Jay Say?; 
Ho Was a Dandy; Picture Me Without You; 
Dixieanna. 

BANJO ON MY KNEE — Where the Lazy River 
Goes By: There's Something' in the Air; Banjo 
On My Knee. 

HER MASTER'S VOICE — With All My Heart. 

TOP OP THE TOWN — Top of the Town; 
Jamboree: Blame It on the Rhumba: That Poolish 
Peeling: Where Are You?: There's No Two Ways 
About It: Pireman Save My Child. 

BREEZING HOME — Music. 

MAGIDSON, HERB 

THE GREAT ZIEGPELD — Lyrics for ballet. 

HERE'S TO ROMANCE — Here's to Romance: 
Midnight in Paris. 

EVERY SATURDAY NilGHT — Breathes There 
a Man. 

HATS OPP — Hats Oft: Where Have You Been 
All My Lite: Little Old Rhythm; T-winkle Twinkle 
Little Star; Let's Have Another. 

M.\I.OTTE. ALBERT RAY 

WE'RE RICH AGAIN — Senorita. 
HI GAUCHO — Song: of the Open Road — Bandit 
Song; My Little White Rose: Serenade. 

MARGUARDT, PAUL 

Orchestrations: A Day at the Races. 

M.\RVEL. HOLT 

THE GAY DESPERADO — The World Is Mine. 



ai.VRKS, G. 

STOWAWAY 

Christmas. 



That's What I Want for 



MERCER, JOHNNY 

RHY'THM ON THE RANGE — ^The Cow Hand. 

OLD MAN RHYTHM — Boys Will Be Boys; 
Comes the Revolution ; I Never Saw a Better 
Night; Old Man Rhythm: There's Nothing Like 
a College Education : When You Are In My Arms. 

READY. WILLING AND ABLE — Too Marvel- 
ous for Words. 

MESKELL. JACK 

FOLLIES BERGERE — I Was Lucky; Sing'ing 
a Song: Au Revoir L' Amour: Rhythm of the 
Rain: You Took the Words Right Out of My 
Mouth. 

I'VE BEEN AROUND — I've Been Around. 

MEYER. ABE 

Musical Supervisor: In His Steps; Battle of 
Greed; Rebellion; Rainbow on the River; Girl 
Loves Boy: Hollywood Cowboy; Drums of Destiny; 
Sweetheart of the Navy. 

MITCHELL, SIDNEY 

CAPTAIN JANUARY — Early Bird; At the Cod- 
fish Ball. 

SITTING ON THE MOON — Sitting on the 
Moon; Lost In My Dreams; How'm I Doin' With 
You? 

TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE — Twilight 
on the Trail: Melody from the Sky. 

LAUGHING IRISH EYES — Laughing Iri.sh 
Irish Eyes; All My Life. 

PHANTOM RIDER — Hidden Valley. 



UNDER TWO FLAGS — One, Two, Three, Four. 

SING, BABY, SING — ^You Turned the Tables 
On Me. 

DANCING FEET — Every Time I Look at You. 

FOLLOW YOUR HEART — Follow Your Heart. 

PIGSKIN PARADE — Hold That Bulldog; The 
Texas Tornado; It's Love I'm After: Balboa: 
You're Slightly Terrific; You Do the Damdest 
Things — Baby; T. S. U. Alma Mater. 

ONE IN A MILLION — One in a Million; Who's 
Afraid of Love?: The Moonlight Waltz; We're 
Back in Circulation Again; Lovely Lady in White. 

MOCKRIDGE. CYRIL J. 

THE LITTLE COLONEL — Musical Adaptation. 



MORROS, BORIS 



Musical Director: The Trail of the Lonesome 
Pine: Desire: Anything Goes: Give Us This 
Night: Fatal Lady: Three Cheers for Love; Palm 
Springs; The Princess Comes Across; The Moon's 
Our Home: Rhythm on the Range: The General 
Died at Dawn: Jungle Princess; Swing High — 
Sing Low; Wedding Present: Valiant Is the Word 
for Carrie: College Holiday: Along Came Love: 
The Big Broadcast of 19.37: Rose Bowl: Easy 
to Take; High, Wide and Handsome; Maid of 
Salem; Champagne Waltz; Sold at Sea; Mountain 
Music: The Last Train from Madrid: Murder 
Goes to College; A Doctor's Diary: Waikiki Wed- 
ding; Her Husband Lies; Internes Can't Take 
Money: King of Gamblers: Make Way for To- 
morrow: Turn Off the Moon; I Met Him In 
Paris: The Great Gambini; Easy Living. 



MORTON, ARTHUR 

Musical Director: Pick a Star; Riding on Air; 
Topper. 

NEWMAN, ALFRED 

Musical Director: Strike Me Pink; Dancing 
Pirate; Born to Dance; The Gay Desperado: Come 
and Get It: Beloved Enemy: Ramona; History Is 
Made at Night: Woman Chases Man; Slave Ship. 

NEWMAN, E3IIL 

Musical Director: Reunion. 

NOBEL, RAY 

BIG BROADCAST OF 19.36 — Why Stars Come 
Out at Night. 

BREWSTER'S MILLIONS — The Carranga; I 
Think I Can: One Good Turn Deserves Another: 
Pull Down the Blinds. 

OAKLAND, BENNIE 

HATS OFF — Hats Off: Where Have You Been 
All My Life: Little Old Rhythm: Twinkle, Twinkle 
Little Star; Let's Have Another. 

r.VRKS, PAUL 

WITH LOVE AND KISSES — Sitting on the 
Edge of My Chair. 

SING WHILE YOU'RE ABLE — Sing While 
You're Able: Leave It Up to Uncle Jake; Jusi a 
Coinitry Boy at Heart. 

POLLACK. LEW 

SONG AND DANCE MAN — You're My Favorite 
One. 

UNDER TWO FLAGS — One, T'wo, Three Pour. 

EVERYBODY'S OLD MAN — Franklin's Foods. 

CAPTAIN JANUARY — Early Bird: At the Cod- 
fish Ball: Right Somebody to Love. 

SING, BABY, SING Love Will Tell. 

PIGSKIN PARADE — It's Love I'm After; 
Balboa: You're Slightly Terrific: You Do the 
Darndest Things Baby; T. S. U. Alma Mater: Hold 
That Bulldog: The Texas Tornado. 



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MUSIC COMPOSERS 



ONE IN A MILLION — One in a Million; Who's 
Afraid of Love?: The Moonligrht Waltz; We're 
Back in Circulation Ag'ain; Lovely Lady In White. 

PORTER, COLE 

BORN TO DANCE — I've Got You Under My 
Skin; Easy to Love; I'm Nuts About You; Rap 
Tap on Wood. 

POSFORD, GEORGE 

THE GAY DESPERADO — The World Is Mine. 

PREVIN, CHARLES 

Musical Director: The Mi&hty Treve; Love 
Letters of a Star; Three Smart Girls; Top of the 
Town; Breezing' Home; We Have Our Moments; 
As Good as Married; Wings Over Honolulu; Love 
in a Bungalow; The Road Back; Armored Car. 

PYE, MERRILL 

Musical Presentation : A Day at the Races. 

RIESENFELD, HUGO 

Musical Director: Let's Sing Again; Hearts in 
Bondage; The President's Mystery: Daniel Boone; 
Rainbow on the River; Follow Your Heart. 

RAINGER, RALPH 

ROSE OF THE RANCHO — If I Should Lose 
You; Thunder Over Paradise; Little Rose of the 
Rancho; Gott' Girl in California; There's Gold 
in Monterey; Where Is My Love?; The Padre 
and the Bride. 

BIG BROADCAST of 1936 — Am,argTira; I 
Wished on the Moon; It's the Animal in Me; 
Miss Brown to You; Why Dream. 

THE DEVIL IS A WOMAN — -Then It Isn't 
Love. 

FOUR HOURS TO KILL — Hate to Talk About 
Myself: Walking the Floor. 

RUMBA — I'm Yours for Tonight; The Magic 
In You; The Rhythm on the Rumba. 

PALM SPRINGS — I Don't Want to Make 
History; The Hills of Wyoming. 

THREE CHEERS FOR LOVE — Where Is My 
Heart?; Long Ago and Far Away; The Swing 
Tap. 

BIG BROADCAST OP 1937 — I'm Talking 
Through My Heart; You Came to My Rescue; 
Here's Love In Your Eye; Vote for Mr. Rhythm; 
La Bomba; Night In Manhattan. 

COLLEGE HOLIDAY — Rhyme for Love; I 
Adore You; So What? 

WAIKIKI WEDDING — Sweet Is the Word for 
You; In a Little Hula Heaven; Blue Hawaii, 
Okolehao. 

KING OF GAMBLERS — Hate to Talk About 
Myself. 

SWING HIGH — SWING LOW — ^If It Isn't Pain 
Then It Isn't Love. 

REVEL, HARRY 

LOVE IN BLOOM — -My Heart Is an Open Book; 
Here Comes Cookie; You Got Me Doing Things. 

STOLEN HARMONY- — ^Would There Be Love: 
Let's Spill the Beans. 

THIS IS MY AFFAIR — Music and lyrics. 

PARIS IN THE SPRING — Bon Jour Mam'selle: 
Paris In Spring; Why Do They Call It Gay 
Paree; Jealousy. 

COLLEGIATE — I Feel Like a Feather in the 
Breeze; You Hit the Spot; Rhythmatic; My 
Grandfather's Clock; Who Am I? 

BIG BROADCAST OF 1936 — It's the Animal 
In Me. 

FOUR HOURS TO KILL — ^I Hate to Talk 
About Myself: Walking the Floor. 

TWO FOR TONIGHT — Two for Tonight; From 
the Top of Your Head to the Top of Your Toes; 



I Wish I Was Alladin; Takes Two to Make a 
Bargain; Without a Word of Warning. 

POOR LITTLE RICH GIRL — Oh My Goodness; 
Buy a Bar of Barry's; When I'm With You: 
But Definitely: Pack's Theme Song; You Gotta 
Eat Your Spinach; Military Man. 

PALM SPRINGS — Will I Ever Know. 

FLORIDA SPECIAL — It's You I'm Talking 
About. 

STOWAWAY — You've Gotta Smile to Be Happy; 
One Never Knows; Good Night My Love; I 
Wanna Go to the Zoo. 

FIFTY ROADS TO TOWN — Never In a Million 
Years. 

WAKE UP AND LIVE — Wake Up and Live; 
Never In a Million Years: It's Swell of You; 
Oh But I'm Happy; I'm Bubbling Over; There's 
a Lull in My Life; I Love You Much too Much. 

ROBIN, LEO 

RHYTHM ON THE RANGE — I Can't Escape 
You. 

THE DEVIL IS A WOMAN — Then It Isn't 
Love. 

HERE COMES COOKIE — Who's the Vamp 
of the Pampas. 

ONE HOUR LATE — Me Without You. 

ROSE OP THE RANCHO — If I Should Lose 
You: Thunder Over Paradise; Little Rose of the 
Rancho; Gotta Girl in California: There's Gold 
in Monterey; Where Is My Love; The Padre and 
the Bride. 

PALM SPRINGS — I Don't Want to Make 
History; The Hills of Old Wyoming. 

ANYTHING GOES — My Heart and I; Shanghai- 
Dee-Ho. 

DESIRE — Awake In a Dream. 

THE MOON'S OUR HOME — The Moon's Our 
Home. 

ROSE BOWL — Sons of the Sierra. 

POPPY — A Rendezvous With a Dream. 

THREE CHEERS FOR LOVE — Where Is My 
Heart; Long Ago and Far Away; The Swing Tap. 

BIG BROADCAST OF 1937 — I'm Talking 
Through My Heart; You Came to My Rescue; 
Here's Love in Your Eye; Vote for Mr. Rhythm: 
La Bomba; Night In Manhattan. 

THE JUNGLE PRINCESS — Moonlight and 
Shadows. 

COLLEGE HOLIDAY — A Rhyme for Love; I 
Adore You; So What? 

KING OF GAMBLERS — Hate to Talk About 
Myself. 

MAKE WAY FOR TOMORROW — Make Way 
For Tomorrow. 

SWING HIGH, SWING LOW^If It Isn't Pain. 
Then It Isn't Love. 

WAIKIKI WEDDING — Sweet Is the Word for 
You; In a Little Hula Heaven; Blue Heaven; 
Okolehao. 

ROGERS, RICHARD 

DANCING PIRATE — Are You My Love?; When 
You're Dancing the Waltz. 

MISSISSIPPI— Down by the River; Easy to 
Remember: Soon. 

N.-VNA — That's Love. 



RODER, MILAN 

Dii-ector, Composer, Arranger: Captain Blood; 
The Last Outpost; Last of the Pagans; The 
Voice of Bugle Ann; The Crusaders; All the Kings 
Horses; Lives of a Bengal Lancer; Too Many 
Parents; Anthony Adverse; The King Steps Out: 
Texas Rangers; Another Dawn; The Prince and 
the Pauper; Souls at Sea; Easy Living: Exchi- 
sivc. 



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ROMBERG, SIGMUND 

MAYTIME — music. 

GIRL OF THE GOLDEN WEST — Soldiers of 
Fortune. 

THEY GAVE HIM A GUN — To Think Yon 
Could Care. 

RONNELL,, ANN 

CHAMPAGNE WALTZ — Merry-Go-Round. 

ROSE. GENE 

CRIME OF DR. FORBES — Doctor Song:. 
PEPPER — Song of the Coyotes. 

RUBY, HARRY 

BRIGHT LIGHTS— She Was an Acrobat's 
Daug-hter. 

HAPPINESS AHEAD — Window Cleaners' Song. 

ON AGAIN, OFF AGAIN — Song-. 

WALKING ON AIR— Let's Make a Wish, My 
Heart Wants to Dance, Cabin on the Hill-top. 

.SCHERTZINGER, VICTOR 

BELOVED — Beloved. 

ROLLING ALONG — Life Begins When You're 
In Love; There'll Be No South; Follow Your 
Heart. 

SCROLL, JACK 

ON SECRET SERVICE — ^Moonlight Valley: 
Drums of Glory. 

LET'S LIVE TONIGHT — Love Passes By. 

PRINCESS COMES ACROSS — My Concertma. 

SMART BLONDE — Why Do I Have to Sing a 
Torch Song. 

TWO AGAINST THE WORLD — The Moon Does 
Things to Me. 

THE CAPTAIN'S KID — I'm the Captain's Kid; 
Drifting Along. 

TREACHERY' RIDES THE RANGE— Ridin' 
Home; Leather and Steel. 

TRAILIN' WEST — Moonlight Valley; Drums of 
Glory. 

GUNS OF THE PECOS — When a Cowboy 
Takes a Wife; The Prairie is My Home. 

PONY EXPRESS RIDER — Love Begins at Even- 
ing; Ridin' the Mail. 

ROMANCE IN THE AIR — Dangerous Rhythm; 
A Table for Two; The Girl Who Keeps the Goats. 

KID GALAHAD — The Moon Is In Tears To- 
night. 

CONFESSION — ^Lyrics. 

EVER SINCE EVE — Music and lyrics. 

SCHW.4RTZ, JE.VN 

MAKE WAY FOR TOMORROW — ^Make Way 
for Tomorrow. 

SHILKRET, NATHANIEL 

Musical Director: The Soldier and the Lady; 
Shall We Dance; The Toast of New York. 

SCHWARTZ. ARTHUR 

THAT GIRL FROM PARIS — Call to Arms; 
Love and Learn: Seal It With a Kiss; Nephew 
from Nice; Moonface. 

SHERMAN, MANNY 

VOGUES OF 1938— Lovely One. 

SIEGAL, AL 

DOUBLE OR NOTHING — It's On— It's Off; 
After You. 

Arrangements: Waikiki Wedding. 

Vocal supervision: Turn Oft the Moon. 

MOUNTAIN MUSIC — If It Put My Heart In 
My Song. 

SWING HIGH. SWING LOW — I Hear a Call 
to Arms. 

SILVERS, LOUIS 

Musical Director: Captain January, The Country 
Doctor; Half Angel; A Message to Garcia; Poor 
Little Rich Girl; Prisoner of Shark Island; Pri- 



vate Numbers; Road to Glory; Sins of Man; 
Under Two Flags; One in a Million; Lloyds of 
London; Dimples; Ladies in Love; Sing Baby 
Sing; Stowaway; To Mary — With Love; Seventh 
Heaven; Wake Up and Live. 

SKILES, MARLIN 

Musical Director: Great Guy; 23% Hours 
Leave; Sweetheart of the Navy. 

SKINNER, FRANK 

Orchestrations: The Great Ziegfeld; Top of 
the Town. 

SNELL, DAVID 

Musical Score: Dangerous Number; The Thir- 
teenth Chair. 

SPINA, HAROLD 

NEW FACES OF 1937 — Widow in Lace. 

STEINER, MAX 

Musical Director: Little Lord Fauntleroy; The 
Charge of the Light Brigade; Garden of Allah; 
The Lost Horizon. 

STEPT, SAM H. 

LAUGHING IRISH EYES — Laughing Irish 
Eyes; All My Life; Bless You Darlin' Mother. 

PHANTOM RIDER — Hidden Valley. 

DANCING FEET — Every Time I Look at Your 
Dancing Feet. 

SITTING ON THE MOON — Sitting on the 
Moon; Lost In My Dreams; How'm I Doin' With 
You? 

331/2 HOURS LEAVE— Good Night My Lucky 
Day; It Must Be Love; We Happen to be In the 
Army; Now You're Talking My Language. 

THE HIT PARADE — Sweet Heartache. 

STERN, JACK 

LITTLE MISS NOBODY — Then Came the In- 
dians. 

FOLLIES BERGERE — Au Revoir L'Amour; I 
Was Lucky; Rhythm of the Rain; Singing a 
Happy Song; You Took the Words Right Out 
of My Mouth. 

DEVIL ON HORSEBACK — So Divine; O Bella 
Mia: Out of the Hills: The Love Fiesta. 

THE GAY DESPERADO — The World Is Mine; 
Tonight, Lover, Tonight. 

TRAIL DUST — Take Me Back to Those Open 
Spaces. 

SWEETHEART OF THE NAVY — Sweetheart of 
the Navy. 

STOLL, GEORGE 

Musical Director: Outcast; Midnight Madonna. 

STOLOFF, MORRIS 

Musical Director: Craig's Wife; Theodora 
Goes Wild. 

STONE, GREGORY 

Musical Score: Internes Can't Take Money. 

STOTHART, HERBERT 

Musical Director; Rose Marie; Small Town 
Girl; Moonlight Murder; Here Comes the Band; 
San Francisco; Camille; Gorgeous Hussy; After 
the .Thin Man; The Devil Is a Sissy; May time; 
The Good Earth; The Firefly. 



STYNE, JULE 



Vocal Supervisor: Wake Up and Live; This Is 
My Affair; Sing and Be Happy; Thin Ice; You 
Can't Have Everything; Life Begins at College: 
All Baba Goes to Town; In Old Chicago; Rebecca 
of Sunnybrook Farm. 



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SWANSTROM, ARTHUR 

RAINBOW ON THE RIVER — Waiting- for the 
Sun. 

TIOMKIN, DIMITRI 

Musical score: Lost Horizon; The Road Back. 

TOBIAS, HARRY 

LITTLE MISS NOBODY — Then Came the In- 
dians. 

DEVIL ON HORSEBACK— So Divine: O Bella 
Mia; Out of the Hills: The Love Fiesta. 

THE GAY DESPERADO — Tonig-ht, Lover, To- 
nig-ht; The World is Mine. 

TRAIL DUST — Take Me Back to the Wide 
Open Spaces. 

WITH LOVE AND KISSES — The Trouble With 
Me is You. 

SING WHILE YOU'RE ABLE — One Girl in 
My Arms is Worth a Million in My Dreams. 

SWEETHEART OF THE NAVY — Sweetheart of 
the Navy. 

TOCH, ERNST 

Musical Arrangement: Outcast. 

TERR, MAX 

Vocal Supervision: Turn Off the Moon. 



TELAAK, BILL 

ANGEL'S HOLIDAY- 
Out of Breath. 



-They Blew Themselves 



TOMLIN, PINKY 

WITH LOVE AND KISSES — The Trouble With 
Me is You: Don't Ever Lose It; I'm Right Back 
Where I Started: Sweet. 

VON WYMETAL, WILLIAM 

MAYTIME — Opera sequence. 

WARD. EDWARD 

SMALL TOWN GIRL — Small Town Girl. 
Scores: Moonlight Murder; Sinner Take All: 
Good Old Soak; Night Must Fall: Saratoga. 



WASHINGTON. NED 

THE HIT PARADE- 



-Sweet Heartache. 



WARREN, HARRY 

BROADWAY GONDOLIER — Flagenheim's Odor- 
less Cheese; Lonely Gondolier; Lulu's Back in 
Town; Pig and the Cow; Outside of You; A 
Rose in Her Hair; You Can Be Kissed. 

DAMES — Dames: The Girl at the Ironing 
Board; I Only Have Eyes for You; Try and See 
It My Way. 

GO INTO YOUR DANCE — -About a Quarter to 
Nine; A Good Old Fashioned Cocktail; Go Into 
Your Dance: Little Things You Used to Do; 
Mammy I'll Sing About You; She's a Latin from 
Manhattan. 

GOLD DIGGERS OF 1935 — I'm Going Shop- 
ping With You; LiiUaby of Broadway: Words 
Are in My Heart. 

HAPPINESS AHEAD— Beauty Must Be Loved; 
Pop Goes Your Heart. 

SWEET MUSIC — Sweet Music. 

IN CALIENTE — Muchacha. 

LIVING ON VELVET — Living on Velvet. 

PAGE MISS GLORY — Page Miss Glory. 

SHIPMATES FOREVER — Don't Give Up the 
Ship; I'd Ratlier Listen to Your Eyes; I Like 
to Take Orders from You; Do I Love My Teach- 
er?; All Aboard the Navy. 

STARS OVER BROADWAY — Where Am I; 
Am I in Love?; You Let Me Down; At Your 
Service, Madame. 

COLLEEN — I Don't Have to Dream Again; 
You Gotta Know How to Dance; Summer Night; 
Boulevardier from the Bronx. 

SONS O' GUNS — For a Buck and a Quarter. 



HEARTS DIVIDED — Two Hearts Divided; My 
Kingdom for a Kiss. 

CAIN AND MABEL — I'll Sing You a Thou- 
sand Love Songs; Coney Island: Here Comes 
Chiquita. 

GOLD DIGGERS OF 1937 — All's Fair in Love 
and War; Plenty of Money and You. 

SING ME A LOVE SONG — Summer Night: 
That's The Least You Can Do for a Lady; The 
Little House That Love Built. 

MR. DODD TAKES THE AIR — Remember Me; 
Am I In Love: The Girl You Used to Be; Here 
Comes the Sandman ; If I Were a Little Pond 
Lily. 

MARKED WOMAN — Music and lyrics. 

WAXMAN. FRANZ 

Musical Director: Bride of Frankenstein; In- 
visible Ray; Diamond Jim; Magnificent Obsession; 
Trouble for Two: Sutter's Gold: Fury; Next 
Time We Love; Love Before Breakfast; His 
Brother's Wife: The Devil Doll; Love on the 
Run; Captains Courageous; Personal Property; A 
Day at the Races; The Emperor's Candlesticks. 

WEBB. ROY 

Musical Supervisor: The Outcasts of Poker 
Flat; The Woman I Love; Meet the Missus; On 
Again, Oft Again. 

WEBSTER, PAUL FRANCIS 

OUR LITTLE GIRL — Our Little Girl. 

UNDER THE PAMPAS MOON — Querida Mia. 

RAINBOW ON THE RIVER — You Only Live 
Once: A Thoiisand Dreams of You. 

SING, BABY, SING — ^You Turned the Tables 
on Me. 

VOGUES OF 1938 — The King of Jam. 



WHITING, RICHARD A. 

RHYTHM OF THE RANGE— I Can't Escape 
You. 

BIG BROADCAST OF 1936 — Double Trouble: 
Miss Brown to You: Through the Doorway of 
Dreams: Why Dream? 

BRIGHT EYES — On the Good Ship Loll.vpop. 

FOUR HOURS TO KILL — I Hate to Talk 
About Myself. 

HERE COMES COOKIE — She's the Vamp of 
the Pampas. 

CORONADO — All's Well in Coronado by the 
Sea; Ynu Took By Breath Away; How Do I 
Rate With You; Keep Your Fingers Crossed; 
Midsummer Madness; Mashed Potatoes. 

SING, BABY, SING — When Did You Leave 
Heaven. 

READY. WILLING AND ABLE — Too Marvel- 
ous for Words. 

WINELAND, SAM 

Musical Director: Shanghai; Every Night at 
Eight; Smart Girl. 

WRIGHT, BOB 

SINNER TAKE ALL — I'd Be Lost Without 
You. 

MAYTIME — Special lyrics. 
SARATOGA — Saratoga. 
LONDON BY NIGHT — Lyrics. 

WBUBEL. ALLIE 

BRIGHT LIGHTS — Toddlin' Along With You: 
You're an Eyeful of Heaven. 

FLIRTATION WALK — Flirtation Walk; Mr. 
and Mrs. is the Name: No Horse — No Wife — 
No Mustache. 

I LIVE FOR LOVE — I Live for Love: Mine 
Alone; Silver Wings. 

SWEET MUSIC — Fare Thee Well Annabelle; 
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HAPPINESS AHEAD — Pop Goes Your Heart: 
Happiness Ahead; All On Account of a Straw- 
berry Sundae. 

IN CALIENTE — In Calicnte: The Lady in Rod: 
To Call You My Own. 

LITTLE BIG SHOT — I'm a Little Big Shot 
Now. 

WE'RE IN THE MONEY— So Nice Seeing- Yon 
Again. 

TOAST OF NEW YORK — -Music and lyrics. 

YELLEN. JACK 

CAPTAIN JANUARY — The Right Somebody 
to Love. 

SING. BABY. SING — Sing, Baby, Sing: Love 
Will Tell. 

KING OF BURLESQUE — I Love to Ride the 
Horses. 



YOUNG, KITA JOHNSON 

NAUGHTY MARIETTA — Oh Sweet Mystery of 
Love: I'm Falling in Love With Someone: Italian 
Street Song: 'Neath the Southern Moon: Tramp, 
Tramp, Tramp. 



YOUNG, VICTOR 

HIDEAWAY GIRL — What is Love. 

FATAL LADY — J'vous Adore. 

MAID OP SALEM — Musical Score. 

Musical Arrangements: Anything Goes; Klon- 
dike Annie: Big Broadcast of 1937: Fatal Lady: 
Champagne Waltz: Maid of Salem; Swing High — 
Swing Low: Waikiki Wedding: Turn Off the 
Moon; Mountain Music; Artists and Moles. 



DANCE DIRECTORS 



.VLTON, ROBERT 

Strike Me Pink. 
BERKELEY, BU.SBY 

Gold Diggers of 193.5: Stars Over Broadway: 
Gold Diggers of 1937; Stage Struck. 
CEBALLOS, LARRY 

Redheads on Parade; Sweet Surrender: Rolling 
Along; Follow Your Heart; Make a Wish. 



CONNOLLY, BOBBY 



Sweet Adeline; Go Into Your Dance: Gypsy 
Sweetheart: G-Men; Springtime in Holland; Sweet 
Music: Colleen; Stars Over Broadway; The Sing- 
ing Kid: Broadway Hostess; Sons O' Guns; Cain 
and Mabel: Sing Me a Love Song; Flirtation 
Walk; Go Into Your Dance; Ready, Willing and 
Able: Shipmates Forever; The King and the 
Chorus Girl. 



COOPER, RALPH 

Poor Little Rich Girl. 
COURT, EDWARD 

Pick a Star. 
CUNNINGHAM, GEORGE 

Girl on the Front Page; Prisoner of Zenda. 
DARE, DANNY 

Three Cheers for Love. 
DONOHUE, JACK 

Lottery Lover; George White's 1935 Scandals: 
Under Pressure; Under the Pampas Moon; Marie 
Galante: Life Begins at 40: Curly Top; Dressed 
to Thrill; Ball of Fire; Thanks a Million; Cap- 
tain Januar.v. 
DREYFUS, ARTHUR 

Song of the Andes. 
FANCHON 

This is the Life: Beauty's Daughter; The 
Little Immigrant: Song and Dance Man. 
FELIX, SEYMOUR 

The Girl Friend; The Great Ziegfeld; After 
the Thin Man; On the Avenue; Vogues of 1938. 
GOULD, DAVE 

Follies Bergere; Broadway Melodj' of 1936; 
The Perfect Gentleman: Born to Dance; Broad- 
way Melody of 1937; A Day at the Races. 
H.XLE, ClfESTER 

Repeal; David Copperfield: The Night is Young: 
Reckless; Anna Karenina; A Night at the Opera; 
A Tale of Two Cities: Rose Marie. 
HALE. GEORGE 

George White's 1036 Scandals; Hollywood 
Party; PrincesB O'Hara. 



H.ASKELL, .JACK 

The Poor Little Rich Girl: One in a Million: 
Pigskin Parade; Sing, Bab.v, Sing; Dimples; The 
Holy Terror; Star for a Niglit; Wake Up and 
Live; This is M.v Affair. 
HECHT, H.4R0LD 

The Girl Friend; Born to Gamble; Champagne 
for Breakfast. 
LEE, SAMMY 

Caravan; Charlie Chan in Paris; King of 
Burleisque: The Holy Lie; Can This Be Dixie; 
Under Your Spell. 
LEWIS, RUSSELL 

Becky Sharpe; Dancing Pirate. 
LOSEE, HARRY 

Shall We Dance (ballet). 
NJINSKA, BRONISLAVA 

A Midsummer Night's Dream. 
PAN, HERMES 

Roberta: Top Hat; Old Man Rhythm; Follow 
the Fleet; Swing Time; Shall We Dance. 
PRINZ, LE ROY J. 

Mississippi; All the King's Horses; Gilded Lily: 
Rumba; Stolen Harmony: The Crusades; Rose of 
the Rancho; Anything Goes; Coronado; Collegi- 
ate: Showboat; Goin' to Town; Millions in the 
Air; The Big Broadcast of 1937: Champagne 
Waltz; College Holiday; Turn Off the Moon; 
Mountain Music. 
RASCH, ALBERTINA 

The King Steps Out. 
RANDALL, CARL 

Reckless: Broadway Melody of 1936; Young 
Man's Fancy. 

RASET, VAL 

Ro.se Marie; San Francisco; The Gorgeous 

Hus.sy; Moonlight Murder; Petticoat Fever; 

Trouble for Two; Camille; Maytime; Good Old 
Soak. 

ROBINSON, BILL 

The Bowery Princess; Dimples. 

.SCHECK. MAX 

Sweetheart of the Navy. 
SNVDER. GENE 

Top of the Town. 
STRAU.S.S, SAR.V MILDRED 

Sweet Surrender. 
VREEL.VNI), ROBERT 

Melody for Two. 
ZEM.VCH. BENJAMIN 

She; The Last Days of Pompeii. 



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THEIR WORK ON FEATURES DURING 1936 AND THE 
FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 1937 



ABBOTT. RICHARD 

1936 : Chatterbox, Bunker 
Bean. 

ABDULLA 

1937: I Cover the War. 

ABEL, WALTER 

1936: Tlie Lady Consents. Two 
in tlie Dark, The Witness 
Chair, Fury, We Went to 
College, Second \Vife. 

ACOSTA, ENRIQUE 

1930 : A Message to Garcia. 

ACUFF, EDDIE 

1936: The Petrified Forest, 
Boulder Dam. The Walking 
Dead. The Golden Arrow, The 
Law in Her Hands. Jail- 
break, Crash Donovan, The 
Case of the Velvet Claws. 
Black Legion. 

1937: Laughing at Trouble, 
Guns of the Pecos, What Price 
\engeance. The Go Getter, 
They Won't Forget. 

ADAIR, JACK 

1936: The Dragnet. 

ADAIR, JOHN 

1936: Muss 'Em Up. 

ADAIR, ROBERT 

1936: Brilliant Marriage. 

ADAMS, EADIE 

1936: Sinner Take All. 

ADAMS. ERNEST 

1936 : Three on the Trail. Rio 
Grande Romance, Hopalong 
Cassidy Returns, The Prescott 
Kid. 

1937: The Gun Ranger, Bar Z 
Bad Man, Law of the Ran- 
ger, Gun Lords of Stirrup 
Basin, Anything for a Thrill. 

ADAMS, LOWDEN 

1936 : The Gentleman from 
Louisiana. 

ADAMS, RICHARD 

1936 : Song of the Gringo. 

ADAMS, SAM 

1937: Pick a Star. 

ADAMS. STANLEY 
1936: In His Steps. 

ADAMS, TED 

1936: The Desert Phantom, 
Three on the Trail, Border 
Caballero, Trail Dust. 
1937: Lawless Land, Guns in 
the Dark. 

ADAMS, VICTOR 

1>j3 7 : The Holv Terror. 

ADLER, LARRY 

1936: Big Broadcast of 1937. 

ADRIAN. IRIS 

1936: Murder at Glen Athol, 
Our Relations, Mister Cin- 
derella, Ladv Luck. 

AFTON, EFFIE 

1936: Here Comes Carter! 

AHERN, GLADYS 

1''37: Git Along Little Dogies. 

AHERN, WILL 

1937: Git Along Little Dogies. 

AHERNE. BRIAN 
1936: Beloved Enemy. 



AHN, PHILIP 

1936: The General Died at 

Dawn. 

1937: China Passage. 
ALBEE SISTERS 

1937: Turn Uft the ^loon. 
ALBERNI, LUIS 

1936: Colleen, Dancing Pi- 
rate, Anthony Adverse, Ticket 

to Paradise, Follow Your 

Heart, Hats Oflf. 

1937: When You're in Love, 

Two Wise Maids, The King 

and the Chorus Girl, Sing and 

Be Happy. 
ALBERTSON, FRANK 

1936: The Farmer in the Dell, 

Fury. 
ALBRIGHT, LOIS 

1937: Wiiat Price Vengeance. 
ALBRIGHT, WALLY, Jr. 

1937 : Old Louisiana, What 

Price Vengeance, The Woman 

1 Love. 
ALDEN, CHERITA 

1936: I Cover Chinatown. 
ALDERSON, ERVILLE 

1936: Hearts in Bondage, Edu- 
cating Father, Career Woman, 

The Jungle Princess. 

1937: The Mighty Treve. 
ALEXANDER, BEN 

193'j: Hearts in Bondage. 
ALEXANDER, DICK 

1936: Everyman's Law. 

1937: Outcast. 
ALEXANDER, ERNIE 

1936: Here Comes Trouble. 
ALEXANDER, JOHN 

1936: The Petrified Forest. 

1937 : Men in Exile. 
ALEXANDER, KATHERINE 

1936: Moonlight Murder, Sut- 
ter's Gold, The Devil is a 

Sissy, Reunion. 

1937 : As Good as Married. 

Girl from Scotland Yard. 
ALEXANDER. RICHARD 

1936: Drift Fence. Dangerous 

Waters, Silly Billies, Wild 

Brian Kent. 
ALEXANDER, ROSS 

(Deceased) 

1936: Boulder Dam. Brides 

Are Like That. I Married a 

Doctor, Hot Money, China 

Clipper, Here Comes Carter ! 

1937: Readv Willing and Able. 
ALLAN, ELIZABETH 

1931): A Woman Rebels, Ca- 

mille. 

1937 : The Soldier and the 

Ladv. Slave Ship. 
ALLEN, BOB 

1937: Law of the Ranger. 
ALLEN. EDGAR 

1937: The ^Mandarin Mysterv. 
ALLEN, GRACIE 

1936: Big Broadcast of 1937, 

College Holiday. 
ALLEN. HARRY 

1936: Tiie White Legion. 

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1937: California Straight A- 
head. 

ALLEN, J. H. 

1936: Wedding Present 

ALLEN, JIMMIE 

1936: The Sky Parade. 

ALLEN, JOHN H. 

1936: Charlie Chan at the 
Race Track. 

ALLEN, JUDITH 
1936: Burning Gold. 
1937: Beware of Ladies, Bill 
Cracks Down, Xavy Spy, Git 
Along Little Dogies, It Hap- 
pened Out West. 

ALLEN, MAUDE 
1936 : Secret ^'alley. 
1937: The Captain's Kid. 

ALLEN, ROBERT 

1936: Lady of Secrets, Pride 
of the Marines, The Unknown 
Ranger, Craig's Wife. 
1937: Let's Get Married. 

ALLEN, VICTOR 

1937: Cotne On Cowboys! 

ALLISTER. CLAUD 

1936: Dracula's Daughter, 
Yellowstone, Lady Luck. 

ALLWYN. ASTRID 

1936 : Charlie Chan's Secret, 
Follow the Fleet, Star for a 
Night. Dimples, Flying Host- 
ess. Stowaway. 

1937: Murder Goes to College, 
W'oman Wise, Venus Makes 
Trouble. 

ALPER, MURRAY 

19 16: Two in Revolt. Panic 

on the Air, High Tension, 

Winterset. 

1937: 235^2 Hours Leave, Sea 

Devils, You Can't Buy Luck. 

ALSACE, GENE 

1936: Treachery Rides the 
Range. 

ALUSTIZA, FRANK 
1936: The Big Game. 

ALVARADO, DON 

1936: Rose of the Rancho, Spy 
77, Federal Agent, Rio Grande 
Romance, Put on the Spot.